he who laughs last laughs best

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• UK: /ˈhiː huː ˈlɑːfs ˈlɑːst ˈlɑːfs ˈbɛst/
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• US: /ˈhi hu ˈlæfs ˈlæst ˈlæfs ˈbɛst/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wie die laaste lag, lag die lekkerste — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Afrikaans: wie laaste lag, lag die lekkerste — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Arabic: يَضْحَكُ كَثِيرًا مَن يَضْحَكُ أَخِيرًا (yaḍḥaku kaṯīran man yaḍḥaku ʔaḵīran) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Bulgarian: който се смее последен, се смее най-добре (kojto se smee posleden, se smee naj-dobre) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Czech: kdo se směje naposled, ten se směje nejlíp — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Danish: den der ler sidst, ler bedst — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Dutch: wie het laatst lacht, lacht het best — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Dutch: wie laatst lacht, best lacht — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Esperanto: plej bone ridas, kiu laste ridas — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Finnish: joka viimeksi nauraa, se parhaiten nauraa — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• French: rira bien qui rira le dernier — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• French: tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• German: wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Greek: γελάει καλύτερα όποιος γελάει τελευταίος (geláei kalýtera ópoios geláei teleftaíos) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Hebrew: צוֹחֵק מִי שֶׁצּוֹחֵק אַחֲרוֹן (tsokhék mi shetsokhék akharón) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Italian: ride bene chi ride ultimo — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Japanese: 最後に笑う者が最もよく笑う (saigo ni warau mono ga mottomo yoku warau) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Korean: 마지막에 웃는 자가 승자다 (majimage unneun jaga seungjada) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Lithuanian: juokiasi tas, kas juokiasi paskutinis — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Luxembourgish: deen am leschte laacht, laacht am beschten — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Macedonian: кој последен се смее, најслатко се смее (koj posleden se smee, najslatko se smee) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Norwegian: den som ler sist, ler best — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Persian: شاهنامه آخرش خوشه (šâhnâme âxareš xoš-e) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Persian: شاهنامه آخرش خوش است (šâhnâme âxareš xoš ast) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Polish: ten się śmieje, kto się śmieje ostatni — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Portuguese: quem ri por último ri melhor — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Portuguese: ri melhor quem ri por último — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Portuguese: rirá melhor quem rirá por fim — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Romanian: cine râde la urmă, râde mai bine — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Russian: хорошо смеётся тот, кто смеётся после́дним (xorošo smejótsja tot, kto smejótsja poslédnim) — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Slovene: kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Slovene: kdor se zadnji smeje, ima zamudo — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Spanish: ríe bien el que ríe el último — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Swedish: skrattar bäst som skrattar sist — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Tagalog: nasa kaniya ang huling halakhak — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Thai: หัวเราะทีหลังดังกว่า — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Turkish: son gülen iyi güler — success is better after you've endured ridicule
• Vietnamese: Cười người hôm trước, hôm sau người cười. — success is better after you've endured ridicule