Simple question

[fallingstar12.livejournal.com]

What is the appropriate word for "cute" in Russian. I want to tell a person that the photo she took of her female friend is cute. Thanks :)

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[cherniavska.livejournal.com]

It is hard to translate:)) Милая фотография?

[zveriozha.livejournal.com]

Милый, симпатичный

[burevestnitsa.livejournal.com]

If you want to say it about the photo, 'хорошая фотография' would sound OK. You can also say 'милая OR славная фотография' ('славная' means 'nice, cute' in this context).
If you want to say 'cute' about the female friend, I would suggest 'симпатичная' or 'милая'.

[fallingstar12.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[whitest-owl.livejournal.com]

Cute can be translated as милый or симпатичный.
Милый is usually for kids, pets or inner cuteness. Симпатичный is a little more 'mature', mostly it describe external cuteness...
About photo you can say "симпатичная фотография", to say that you like the colors, compositions, etc. "Милая фотография" would mean that it touched your soul.

[fallingstar12.livejournal.com]

thank you

[arashi-opera.livejournal.com]

If 'cute' is said about smth, like a photo or a dress, милый, симпатичный will be ok. If it's said about somebody, like 'he's a cutie', you can say прелесть: "Он прелесть".

[vision-to-none.livejournal.com]

i think you can translate "cute" as "забавный", and it doesn't depend on the context. wether you say "he is sooo cute" - it can be translated as "он такой забавный", or "this picture is cute", it will be the same. but well, I guess "милый" has kind of the same meaning, so you can use both )))

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

Nah, "он такой забавный" means "he's so entertaining". It's only obliquely related to "cute". The best word for "cute" is "симпатичный/ая" or "милый/ая", as was suggested above.

[len55.livejournal.com]

Хорошенький (хорошенькая)