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adjective (pretti, er)
  1. pleasant, Pleasant in sight or other senses.
  2. Beautiful but hiding a vacuous mind inside-a pretty face
  3. Unfunctional or supposedly so. pretty buttons
  4. Unpleasant in some cases-pretty state of affairs
Translations: 
  • Dutch: mooi
  • French: joli
  • German: hí¼bsch, schí¶n
  • Italian: grazioso, carino
  • Spanish: guapo, bonito, precioso
adverb 
  1. Pleasant
  2. somewhat, fairly, quite
"It's pretty good" generally indicates that the subject is better than merely "acceptable", but not superlative.
Translations: 
  • French: pas mal
  • Spanish: bastante
Etymology: príttig

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