SWEETHEART | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of sweetheart in English

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The couple had been ' childhood sweethearts ' but had ' gone their own ways ' during the war, each having had other relationships.
Indeed, they are more than sweethearts.
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Afterwards their wives and sweethearts arrived to stroll, play sports or listen to music.
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However, the young ladies have been reluctant to approach their status-conscious father, as their sweethearts are commoners.
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The keys for the locks are often thrown away as an ensurance the sweethearts vows to never separate.
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His parents were high school sweethearts who married young, divorced, had relationships with others, remarried, and split up again.
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They team up once again and become sweethearts.
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They show that men can fall in love with war and, imitating the birds, go to meet it dressed as if to meet their sweethearts.
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Their personal lives, their families and sweethearts make up a small part of the story, but most of the drama focuses on training and camaraderie.
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Their relationship seems to mirror traditional high school sweethearts, dealing with normal boyfriend/girlfriend problems.
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The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and colleagues.
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She passes up the farmhand's polite offer to become sweethearts and promptly steals away to town to get her palm read by a woman fortuneteller.
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They were an immediate success and achieved international fame as sweethearts of song during the war.
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Will these guys become the perfect sweethearts for these charming ladies?
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Sweethearts are now softer candies with vivid colors and all new flavors, which are more intense and even a bit more sour.
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Translations of sweetheart

in Chinese (Traditional)
戀人,心上人, (稱呼自己喜愛的人,尤其是兒童或戀人)甜心,寶貝, 友善慷慨的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
恋人,心上人, (称呼自己喜爱的人,尤其是儿童或恋人)甜心,宝贝儿, 友善慷慨的人…
in Spanish
cariño, cariño [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
meu amor, querido, querida…
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あなた, ねえ(相手に対する愛情を込めた呼び方)…
sevgili, sevdiği, sevdalısı…
mon ange, amoureux/-euse, chéri/-e…
amor meu…
geliefde, lieverd…
kæreste, skat…
flick-, pojkvän, käresta…
kekasih, sayang…
der/die Liebste…
elskling [masculine], kjæreste, skatt…
коханий, кохана, любий…
дорогой, любимый…
عَزيزي, حَبيبي…
miláček…
kekasih, sayang…
คู่รัก, ที่รัก…
người yêu, người tình, cưng…
kochanie, sympatia…
애정을 담아 부르는 호칭…
tesoro, amore, innamorato…
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