menestyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• perform verb To carry out an action or task.
• prosper verb To succeed or do well, especially financially.
• smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.
• succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
• triumph noun A great success or victory after overcoming difficulty.

Senses

menestyä is used for these senses in English:

• gain ground To make progress or obtain advantage; to gain traction.
• get on (slang) To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs.
• make it To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
• perform (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
• prosper (intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
• smash (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
• succeed (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

perform — full definition

1. verb To carry out an action or task.
2. verb To present something, such as music, drama, or dance, in front of an audience.
3. verb To function or work, especially to a particular standard.

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