love/translations

This page contains translations for love. See the main entry for more information.

English

Noun

Translations

strong affection

Adyghe: шӏулъэгъуныгъ (šʷʼulˢɛğʷunəğ)
Afrikaans: liefde (af)
Ahom: 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (rak)
Albanian: dashuri (sq) f
Amharic: ፍቅር (fəḳr), መውደድ (mäwdäd)
Arabic: حُبّ (ar) m (ḥubb), مَحَبَّة f (maḥabba), عِشْق (ar) f (ʕišq)
Egyptian Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), محبة m (maḥabba), غرام m (ḡarām)

Hijazi Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), عِشْق m (ʕišg)

South Levantine Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), محبة m (maḥabba), غرام m (ḡarām)

Sudanese Arabic: ريدة (rĩda), حب (ḥubb)
Aragonese: aimor
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܚܘܒܐ m (ḥūbbā)
Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
Aromanian: vreari f, vreare f, agapi f, sivdã f
Assamese: মৰম (morom), চেনেহ (seneh)
Asturian: amor m
Aymara: amawaña
Azerbaijani: sevgi (az), eşq (az), məhəbbət (az)
Bala: 孩拉米 (hailami)
Balinese: tresna
Bashkir: мөхәббәт (möxəbbət), һөйөү (höyöw)
Basque: amodio (eu), maitasun (eu)
Bavarian: Liab
Belarusian: любо́ў f (ljubóŭ), каха́нне (be) n (kaxánnje)
Bengali: মহব্বত (bn) (mohobbot), ভালোবাসা (bn) (bhalōbaśa)
Bikol Central: pagkamoot (bcl)
Breton: karantez (br) f
Bulgarian: любо́в (bg) f (ljubóv), о́бич (bg) f (óbič)
Burmese: အချစ် (my) (a.hkyac), မေတ္တာ (my) (metta)
Buryat: дуран (duran)
Carpathian Rusyn: любо́в f (ljubóv), ла́ска f (láska)
Catalan: amor (ca) m
Cebuano: gugma
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ (tayri)
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (tsigeyui)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 愛 / 爱 (yue) (oi³), 愛情 / 爱情 (oi³ cing⁴)

Dungan: нэ (ne)

Eastern Min: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (ái), 愛情 / 爱情 (ái-cìng)

Gan: 愛 / 爱 (ngai⁴)

Hakka: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (oi)

Hokkien: 愛情 / 爱情 (zh-min-nan) (ài-chîng), 情愛 / 情爱 (zh-min-nan) (chêng-ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh-min-nan) (ài)

Jin: 愛 / 爱 (ghai³)

Mandarin: 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài), 愛情 / 爱情 (zh) (àiqíng)

Northern Min: 愛 / 爱 (o̿)

Wu: 愛 / 爱 (⁵e), 愛情 / 爱情 (⁵e-zhin)

Xiang: 愛 / 爱 (ngai⁴)
Chuvash: юрату (jurat̬u)
Cornish: kerensa f
Corsican: amore (co) m, amori (co) m
Crimean Tatar: süygü
Czech: láska (cs) f
Dalmatian: amaur
Danish: kærlighed (da) c
Dargwa: дигай (digaj)
Dhivehi: ލޯބި (lōbi)
Dolgan: бага (baga)
Dutch: liefde (nl) f
Egyptian:

(mrwt f)
Egyptian Arabic: حب m (ḥob)
Elfdalian: tjärliek m
Erzya: вечкема (večkema)
Esperanto: amo (eo), korinklino, kareco, amsento
Estonian: armastus (et)
Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
Farefare: nõŋlʋm class 14
Faroese: kærleiki m, ást (fo) f
Finnish: rakkaus (fi)
French: amour (fr) m
Friulian: amôr m
Gagauz: sevgi
Galician: amor (gl) m
Gallurese: amóri
Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
German: Liebe (de) f, Zuneigung (de) f, Minne (de) f
Alemannic German: Liäbi, Liebi

Silesian: Liebe f
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 f (frijaþwa)
Greek: αγάπη (el) f (agápi), έρωτας (el) m (érotas),
Ancient: ἀγάπη f (agápē), φιλία f (philía) (friendly), ἔρως m (érōs) (romantic), στοργή f (storgḗ) (familial)
Greenlandic: asanninneq
Guaraní: mborayhu
Gujarati: પ્રેમ (gu) (prem)
Haitian Creole: renmen f
Hausa: ƙauna
Hawaiian: aloha
Hebrew: אַהֲבָה (he) f (ahavá)
Hiligaynon: higugma
Hindi: प्यार (hi) m (pyār), प्रेम (hi) m (prem), सम्मोह (hi) m (sammoh), स्नेह (hi) m (sneh), अनुराग (hi) m (anurāg), प्रीति (hi) f (prīti), इष्ट (hi) (iṣṭ), मोह (hi) (moh)
Hiri Motu: lalokau
Hittite: 𒀀𒀸𒅆𒅀𒋻 (āssiyatar)
Hungarian: szeretet (hu), szerelem (hu)
Hunsrik: Lieb f
Icelandic: ást (is), kærleikur (is) m, elska (is)
Ido: amo (io)
Ilocano: ayat
Indonesian: cinta (id) (of someone), suka (id) (of something)
Ingrian: suvvaamiin, rakkaus (obsolete)
Interlingua: amor (ia)
Irish: grá (ga) m, armacas m
Italian: amore (it) m
Ivatan: addaw
Japanese: 愛 (ja) (あい, ai), 愛情 (ja) (あいじょう, aijō), 愛好 (ja) (あいこう, aikō)
Javanese: tresna (jv), katresnan (jv) (katresnan), cinta (cinta)
Jeju: ᄉᆞ랑 (sawrang)
Kamba: wendo
Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಿ (kn) (prīti)
Kapampangan: lugud, irug, sinta, mal, buri, ibug
Karachay-Balkar: сюймеклик (süymeklik)
Kazakh: ғашықтық (ğaşyqtyq), махаббат (maxabbat), сүйіс (süiıs)
Khiamniungan Naga: ājūjīe
Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (sackdəy srɑlañ), ស្នេហា (km) (snaehaa)
Kikuyu: wendo
Korean: 사랑 (ko) (sarang), 애정(愛情) (ko) (aejeong)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hijkirin, evînî (ku), dildarî (ku), evîn (ku), eşq (ku), mihebet (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (süyüü), махабат (ky) (mahabat), сүйүш (ky) (süyüş)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ຄວາມຮັກ (khuām hak)
Latgalian: mīleiba, mīla
Latin: amor (la) m, cāritās f
Latvian: mīlestība (lv) f, mīla f
Laz: ოროფა (oropa)
Ligurian: amù m
Limburgish: leefde f
Lingala: bolingo class 14
Lithuanian: meilė (lt) f
Livonian: ārmastõz
Lombard: amór
Luganda: omukwaano
Luhya: vuyanzi
Luxembourgish: Léift (lb) f
Macedonian: љубов (mk) f (ljubov)
Maguindanao: kasih
Malay: cinta (ms) (romantic), sayang (ms) (familial, platonic)
Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (ml) (snēhaṁ), ഇഷ്ടം (ml) (iṣṭaṁ)
Maltese: imħabba f
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: э̄руптаӈкве (è̄ruptaňkve)
Manx: graih m
Maori: aroha (mi)
Maranao: kasi
Marathi: प्रेम (prem), प्रीति (prīti)
Mbyá Guaraní: mborayvu
Meänkieli: rakhaus
Meru: wendo
Middle Dutch: minne f
Middle English: love
Mingrelian: ჸოროფა (ʾoropa)
Mirandese: amor
Mizo: hmangaihna
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хайр (mn) (xajr), дур хүсэл (dur xüsel)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ (qayir-a), ᠳᠤᠷ᠎ᠠ
ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠯ (dur-a küsel)
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ f (tayri)
Motu: lalokau
Mozarabic: אמורי m (amore)
Naga Pidgin: morom
Nahuatl: tlazohtlaliztli, tlasojtlalistli
Nanticoke: quámmősch
Navajo: ayóóʼóʼóʼní
Nepali: माया (ne) (māyā)
Norman: amour m
Northern Sami: ráhkisvuohta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjærlighet (no) m, elsk m, kjærleik (no) m

Nynorsk: kjærleik m, elsk m, åst f
Occitan: amor (oc)
Odia: ପ୍ରେମ (or) (prema)
Ojibwe: zaagi'idiwin inan
Okinawan: なさき (nasaki)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: любꙑ f (ljuby)

Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱏⰺ f (ljuby)
Old English: lufu f
Old Javanese: tṛṣṇa
Old Occitan: amor
Old Prussian: mīli
Ossetian: уарзондзинад (warzonʒinad)
Ottoman Turkish: سوكی (sevgi), محبت (muhabbet)
Pannonian Rusyn: любов f (ljubov), любосц f (ljubosc)
Pashto: مينه (ps) f (mina), عشق (ps) m ('ešq), محبت (ps) m (mohabat)
Persian:
Dari: عِشْق (išq), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), مَحَبَّت (mahabbat), مِهْر (mihr)

Iranian Persian: عِشْق (ešğ), مُحَبَّت (mohabbat), مَحَبَّت (mahabbat), مِهْر (mehr)
Phoenician: 𐤇𐤌𐤃𐤕 f (ḥmdt)
Piedmontese: amor m
Plautdietsch: Leew f
Polish: miłość (pl) f
Portuguese: amor (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ m (piāra)
Quechua: khuya
Rohingya: ador, mohábboth
Romagnol: amôr m
Romanian: iubire (ro) f, dragoste (ro) f, amor (ro) n
Romansch: charezza f
Russian: любо́вь (ru) f (ljubóvʹ)
Rwanda-Rundi: urukundo class 11 (uru-kūndo)
Samoan: alofa
Sanskrit: अनुराग (sa) m (anurāga), प्रेमन् (sa) m or n (preman)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: amóri

Logudorese: ameddu
Sassarese: amóri
Scottish Gaelic: gaol (gd) m, gràdh (gd) m, spèis f, rùn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љу́бав f

Roman: ljúbav (sh) f
Shor: кӧлениш (köleniş)
Sicilian: amuri (scn) m
Sindhi: محبت (sd) f (mahbbàtà), عشق (sd) m ('išqù), پیار m (pyārù), لَنو m (lôve)
Sinhalese: ආදරය (ādaraya)
Slovak: láska (sk) f
Slovene: ljubezen (sl) f
Somali: jacayl (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lubosć f
Southern Altai: сӱӱ- (süü-), сӱӱш (süüš), сӱӱм (süüm)
Spanish: amor (es) m
Sranan Tongo: lobi
Sumerian: 𒀀𒊏𒄠𒈬 (arammu)
Sundanese: asih, deudeuh (su), nya'ah
Swahili: upendo (sw)
Swedish: kärlek (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠄꠣ (maea)
Tagalog: pag-ibig (tl), pagmamahal
Tahitian: aroha
Tajik: муҳаббат (tg) (muhabbat), ишқ (tg) (išq), меҳр (mehr)
Tamil: அன்பு (ta) (aṉpu), பாசம் (ta) (pācam)
Tatar: ярату (yaratu)
Telugu: ప్రేమ (te) (prēma)
Tetum: domin
Thai: ความรัก (th) (kwaam-rák)
Tibetan: བརྩེ་དུང (brtse dung)
Tigrinya: ፍቕሪ (fəḳʰri)
Tocharian A: tunk
Tocharian B: tankw, larauñe
Tok Pisin: lav
Turkish: sevgi (tr), sevi (tr), aşk (tr), emre (tr), muhabbet (tr)
Turkmen: yşk, söýgi
Tuvan: ынакшыл (ınakşıl)
Udmurt: яратон (jaraton)
Ukrainian: любо́в (uk) f (ljubóv), коха́ння (uk) n (koxánnja)
Urdu: مُحَبَّت (ur) f (muhabbat), عِشْق (ur) m ('iśq), پْیار (ur) m (pyār), پْریم m (prem)
Uyghur: مۇھەببەت (muhebbet), ئاشىق (ashiq), ئاشىقلىق (ashiqliq)
Uzbek: sevgi (uz), muhabbat (uz), mehr (uz), ishq (uz)
Vietnamese: tình yêu (vi) (情𢞅), ái tình (vi) (愛情 (vi))
Volapük: löf (vo), lelöf (vo)
Walloon: amour (wa) m, amor m (old)
Welsh: cariad (cy) m
West Frisian: leafde
White Hmong: txoj kev hlub
Wolof: mbëggeel (wo)
Xhosa: uthando
Yakut: таптал (taptal)
Yiddish: אַהבֿה f (aave) ( love), ליבע f (libe) (love, love affair, romance), ליבשאַפֿט f (libshaft) (love, fondness, affection)
Yola: loove
Yoruba: ìfẹ́
Zazaki: esq c, pêyar c, sineg f
Zhuang: aiqcingz, aiq
Zulu: uthando (zu) class 11

object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart

Albanian: dashur (sq) (i/e)
Arabic: حَبِيب m (ḥabīb), حَبِيبَة f (ḥabība), (when addressing) حَبِيبِي (ar) (ḥabībī)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܚܒܝܒܐ m (ḥabbīḇā), ܚܒܝܒܬܐ f (ḥabbīḇtā)
Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
Azerbaijani: sevgili (az)
Basque: laztana
Bikol Central: namumutan
Breton: karantez (br), karantezig
Bulgarian: любо́в (bg) f (ljubóv)
Catalan: amor (ca) m
Cebuano: hinigugma
Chinese:
Cantonese: 情人 (cing⁴ jan⁴), 戀人 / 恋人 (lyun² jan⁴), 寶貝 / 宝贝 (bou² bui³)

Hokkien: 愛人仔 / 爱人仔 (zh-min-nan) (ài-jîn-á/ài-lîn-á), 情人 (zh-min-nan) (chîng-jîn/chîng-lîn), 寶貝 / 宝贝 (zh-min-nan) (pó-pòe)

Mandarin: 情人 (zh) (qíngrén), 戀人 / 恋人 (zh) (liànrén), 親愛的 / 亲爱的 (qīn'ài-de), 寶貝 / 宝贝 (zh) (bǎobèi), 甜心 (zh) (tiánxīn)
Czech: lásko (cs) f
Danish: skat (da) c, søde, elskede (da), kæreste (da) c
Dutch: schat (nl)
Esperanto: amato
Estonian: armastus (et)
Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
Finnish: rakas (fi), kulta (fi), rakastettu (fi), rakkaus (fi)
French: amour (fr) m
German: Liebling (de) m, Lieber m, Liebe (de) f, Liebes n, Liebster m, Liebste f, Geliebter (de) m, Geliebte (de) f, Schatz (de) m
Greek: αγάπη (el) f (agápi)
Hebrew: אהוב m (ahúv), אהובה f (ahuvá)
Hindi: प्रिय (hi) m (priya), प्रेमपात्र (hi) m (prempātra), प्रियतम (hi) m (priytam), कामुक (hi) m (kāmuk), कामुकी (hi) f (kāmukī),, प्रीतम (hi) m (prītam), प्रिया (hi) f (priyā), पिया (hi) m (piyā)
Ido: karo (io) (♂♀)
Irish: rún (ga) m, grá (ga) m, ansacht f
Italian: amore (it) m
Japanese: 恋人 (ja) (こいびと, koibito)
Kapampangan: ibug, irug, sinta
Korean: 연인(戀人) (ko) (yeonin), 자기 (ko) (jagi) (colloquial)
Kyrgyz: жан (ky) (jan)
Latin: amātor (la) m, amātrix (la) f
Latvian: mīļais m, mīļā f, mīļums f, mīla m
Luxembourgish: Häerzi m
Macedonian: љубен m (ljuben), љубена f (ljubena)
Malayalam: കാമുകി (പെണ്ണ്) (kāmuki (peṇṇŭ)) (female), കാമുകൻ (ആണ്) (kāmukaṉ (āṇŭ)) (male)
Middle English: love
Mizo: hmangaih, duhlai
Norman: amour m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elskling (no) m, kjæreste (no), min elskede, kjære (no)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عَزیز (aziz), دِلْبَر (delbar), جان (fa) (jân)
Polish: kochanie (pl), miłość (pl) f
Portuguese: amor (pt) m
Romanian: iubit (ro), iubită (ro)
Russian: люби́мый (ru) m (ljubímyj), люби́мая (ru) f (ljubímaja)
Scottish Gaelic: leannan m, gaol (gd) m, gràdh (gd) m, rùn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: душо, љубави, дра̑г

Latin: dušo, ljubavi (sh), drȃg (sh)
Slovak: láska (sk) f
Slovene: ljubi m, ljuba f
Spanish: amor (es) m, cariño (es) m
Swahili: kipenzi (sw)
Swedish: älskling (sv) c, käresta (sv), älskade (sv)
Tagalog:
(second person): irog, mahal, sinta

(third person): iniibig, iniirog, irog, kasintahan, syota (informal)
Telugu: ప్రియురాలు (te) (priyurālu)
Thai: ที่รัก (th) (tîi-rák), ยาหยี (th) (yaa-yǐi), สุดที่รัก, คนรัก (kon-rák), หวานใจ (wǎan-jai)
Turkish: sevgili (tr), sevdicek; sevgilim, aşkım (tr), tatlım, canım (tr)
Urdu: جان f (jān)
Vietnamese: cưng (vi), người yêu (vi)
Welsh: cariad (cy)
West Frisian: skat (fy), leave (fy), leafke
Zazaki: waşti f, waşte m
Zulu: isingane (zu) class 7

colloquial: term of friendly address

Azerbaijani: əzizim
Bulgarian: скъ́па (bg) f (skǎ́pa)
Finnish: kultaseni
Italian: amore (it), amo', ammò
Kapampangan: lugud, ojo
Russian: дорого́й (ru) m (dorogój), дорога́я (ru) f (dorogája)
Turkish: aşk (tr), aşko, aşkito (informal), aşkitoşko (informal)

euphemistic: sexual activity

Azerbaijani: sevişmə
Danish: elskov c
Esperanto: amoro
Finnish: lempi (fi)
Italian: fare l'amore (it)
Spanish: hacer el amor (es)
Zazaki: kelaz f

closing of a letter

Bulgarian: с о́бич (s óbič)
Dutch: liefs (nl)
Finnish: rakkaudella
German: in Liebe
Hawaiian: aloha
Hungarian: szeretettel (hu), (informal) sok puszi (literally “many kisses”)
Italian: baci (it)
Kapampangan: kaluguran
Polish: całusy
Portuguese: com amor
Russian: с любо́вью (ru) (s ljubóvʹju)
Swedish: kram (sv) (literally "hug")
Thai: รัก (th) (rák)
Turkish: sevgilerimle
Zazaki: pê muhabetiya

thin silk material

Finnish: silkkiharso

Clematis vitalba

Finnish: saksankärhö (fi)
French: clématite vigne-blanche (fr) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "these were translations under "romantic feelings" but unfortunately there's no such entry"

Albanian: dashuri (sq) f
Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
Azerbaijani: eşq (az)
Bashkir: мөхәббәт (möxəbbət), ғишыҡ (ğişıq)
Basque: maitea
Breton: karantez (br) f
Catalan: amor (ca) m
Cebuano: paghigugma
Chinese:
Cantonese: 戀 / 恋 (lyun²), 戀愛 / 恋爱 (lyun² oi³), 愛 / 爱 (yue) (oi³)

Mandarin: 戀 / 恋 (zh) (liàn), 愛戀 / 爱恋 (zh) (àiliàn), 戀愛 / 恋爱 (zh) (liàn'ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài)

Hokkien: 戀愛 / 恋爱 (zh-min-nan) (loân-ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh-min-nan) (ài)
Dutch: liefde (nl) f, verliefdheid (nl), minne (nl) f (poetic)
Erzya: вечкема (večkema)
Esperanto: amo (eo)
Estonian: armastus (et)
Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
Greek: έρωτας (el) m (érotas)
Hebrew: אַהֲבָה (he) f (ahavá)
Hungarian: szerelem (hu)
Icelandic: elska (is)
Ido: amoro (io)
Interlingua: amor (ia)
Irish: grá (ga) m
Italian: amore (it) m
Japanese: 恋 (ja) (こい, koi), 恋愛 (ja) (れんあい, ren'ai), 愛 (ja) (あい, ai)
Kabyle: tayri (θeɪɹi)
Kapampangan: ibug
Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (sackdəy srɑlañ)
Korean: 사랑 (ko) (sarang), 연정(戀情) (yeonjeong), 애정(愛情) (ko) (aejeong)
Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (süyüü), мааббат (maabbat)
Latin: amor (la) m
Latvian: mīlestība (lv) f, mīla f
Laz: ოროფა (oropa)
Lithuanian: meilė (lt)
Luxembourgish: Léift (lb) f
Malay: cinta (ms)
Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (ml) (snēhaṁ), ഇഷ്ടം (ml) (iṣṭaṁ), പ്രണയം (ml) (praṇayaṁ), അനുരാഗം (ml) (anurāgaṁ)
Meänkieli: rakhaus
Mingrelian: ჸოროფა (ʾoropa)
Mizo: hmangaihna
Norman: amour m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjærlighet (no) m
Old Prussian: mīli, mīlin
Old Saxon: minnia f
Portuguese: amor (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ m (piāra)
Romanian: amor (ro), iubire (ro)
Sanskrit: प्रीतिः (sa) (prītiḥ)
Sinhalese: ආදරය (ādaraya)
Spanish: amor (es) m
Swahili: upendo (sw)
Swedish: kärlek (sv) c
Tagalog: pag-ibig (tl), pagmamahal
Tajik: ишқ (tg) (išq)
Tamil: காதல் (ta) (kātal)
Tatar:
Cyrillic: ярату (yaratu)

Roman: yaratu
Telugu: ప్రేమ (te) (prēma)
Thai: ความรัก (th) (kwaam-rák)
Turkish: aşk (tr), sevgi (tr), sevi (tr)
Uyghur: سۆيگۈ (söygü)
Uzbek: sevgi (uz), ishq (uz), mehr (uz)
Vietnamese: tình yêu (vi), lãng mạn (vi) (浪漫 (vi))
Welsh: serch m
West Frisian: leafde
Yakut: таптал (taptal)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} ayhu (t-)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} cinta (id), ^{(please verify)} kasih (id), ^{(please verify)} sayang (id)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 사랑 (ko) (sarang), ^{(please verify)} 연애(戀愛) (ko) (yeonae)
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} mahal (tl), ^{(please verify)} irog, ^{(please verify)} sinta, (colloq.: ney; lab; t'hart), ^{(please verify)} pag-ibig (tl), ^{(please verify)} magmamahal
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} aûsuba (t-)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} löf (vo)

Verb

Translations

have a strong affection for

Abenaki: kazalmômuk
Adangme: suɔ
Afrikaans: lief
Ainu: カタイロッケ (katayrotke)
Albanian: do (sq)
American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
Amharic: ማፍቀር (mafḳär), መውደድ (mäwdäd)
Arabic: أَحَبَّ (ar) (ʔaḥabba)
Egyptian Arabic: حب (ḥabb)
Aragonese: amar
Archi: кьан (kˡʼan)
Armenian: սիրել (hy) (sirel)
Aromanian: agãpisescu, alughescu
Assamese: ভাল পোৱা (bhal püa) (romantic), মৰম কৰা (morom kora) (common)
Asturian: querer (ast)
Aymara: munaña
Azerbaijani: sevmək (az)
Bashkir: яратыу (yaratıw)
Basque: maite izan, maitatu
Belarusian: любі́ць impf (ljubícʹ), каха́ць impf (kaxácʹ)
Bengali: ভালবাসা (bn) (bhalbaśa)
Breton: karout (br)
Bulgarian: оби́чам (bg) impf (obíčam)
Burmese: အချစ် (my) (a.hkyac), ချစ်ခင် (my) (hkyachkang)
Buryat: дурлаха (durlaxa)
Catalan: estimar (ca), amar (ca)
Cebuano: higugma
Chechen: деза (deza)
Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (tsigeyui)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 愛 / 爱 (yue) (oi³), 愛情 / 爱情 (oi³ cing⁴)

Dungan: нэ (ne)

Eastern Min: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (ái)

Hakka: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (oi)

Hokkien: 愛情 / 爱情 (zh-min-nan) (ài-chîng), 情愛 / 情爱 (zh-min-nan) (chêng-ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh-min-nan) (ài)

Mandarin: 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài), 熱愛 / 热爱 (zh) (rè’ài), 愛好 / 爱好 (zh) (àihào), 愛戴 / 爱戴 (zh) (àidài)

Wu: 愛 / 爱 (⁵e)
Chuvash: сав (sav)
Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me)
Corsican: amà (co)
Crimean Tatar: sevmek (northern dialect süymek)
Czech: milovat (cs) impf, mít rád (cs) impf
Dalmatian: amur
Danish: elske (da)
Dhivehi: ލޯބި (lōbi)
Dolgan: багар (bagar)
Dutch: houden van (nl), beminnen (nl), liefhebben (nl), graag zien
Egyptian:

(mrj)
Esperanto: ami (eo)
Estonian: armastama (et)
Faroese: elska
Finnish: rakastaa (fi)
French: aimer (fr)
Friulian: amâ
Galician: amar (gl)
Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
German: lieben (de), lieb haben (de), gern haben (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽 (frijōn)
Greek: αγαπώ (el) (agapó)
Ancient: ἀγαπάω (agapáō), φιλέω (philéō) (friendship), ἐράω (eráō) (romantic), στέργω (stérgō) (familial)
Guaraní: hayhu (gn)
Gujarati: પ્રેમ કરવો (prem karvo)
Haitian Creole: renmen
Hebrew: אָהַב (he) (aháv)
Hindi: प्यार करना (pyār karnā), प्रेम करना (hi) (prem karnā),
Hungarian: szeret (hu)
Icelandic: elska (is)
Ido: amar (io)
Indonesian: cinta (id)
Ingrian: suvata, armastaa (rare), rakastaa (obsolete)
Ingush: веза (veza)
Interlingua: amar (ia)
Irish: gráigh
Italian: (romantic) amare (it), (non-romantic) volere bene
Japanese: 愛する (ja) (あいする, aisuru), 恋する (こいする, koisuru), 愛でる (ja) (めでる, mederu), 好む (ja) (このむ, konomu), 愛好する (ja) (あいこうする, aikō suru)
Jarai: amuăih
Jeju: 궤다 (gweda)
Kalmyk: дурлх (durlx)
Kapampangan: lugud
Karok: íimnih
Kashubian: kòchac impf
Kazakh: сүю (süü)
Khiamniungan Naga: jūjīe
Khmer: ស្រឡាញ់ (km) (srɑlañ), ស្នេហ៍ (km) (snae)
Korean: 사랑하다 (ko) (saranghada), 애정 을 품다 (aejeong-eul pumda)
Kumyk: сюймек (süymek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خۆشویستن (xoşuyistin)

Northern Kurdish: hez kirin (ku), hez kirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (süyüü)
Ladin: amà
Ladino: amar
Lao: ຮັກ (hak)
Latin: amo (la)
Latvian: mīlēt (lv)
Lezgi: кӏан хьун (ḳan xun)
Ligurian: amà
Lingala: linga
Lithuanian: mylėti (lt)
Lombard: amà
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Luo: hero
Luxembourgish: gär hunn
Macedonian: сака impf (saka), љуби impf (ljubi)
Malay: cinta (ms)
Malayalam: ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (ml) (iṣṭappeṭuka)
Maltese: ħabb
Manchu: ᠪᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (buyembi), ᠴᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (cihalambi), ᡥᠠᡳᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (hairambi)
Maori: hiahia, aroha (mi), tāmau (of objects)
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} प्रेम (prem)
Marshallese: yokwe
Middle English: loven
Mirandese: amar
Mizo: hmangaih
Mogholi: täla
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дурлах (mn) (durlax), хайрлах (mn) (xajrlax)
Mozarabic: امار (amār)
Nahuatl: tlahzoa, tlajsoa
Navajo: ayóóʼáyóʼní
Neapolitan: amà
Norman: aimer
North Frisian: liibe (Föhr-Amrum), leew haa (Föhr-Amrum), lefhaa (Sylt)
Northern Sami: eahccit
Northern Thai: ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ (hak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elske (no)
Occitan: aimar (oc)
Ojibwe: zaagi' (transitive animate), zaagitoon (transitive inanimate)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: любити impf (ljubiti)

Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⰻⱅⰻ impf (ljubiti)
Old English: lufian (ang)
Old Frisian: minnia
Old Occitan: amar
Oromo: jaalachuu
Ottoman Turkish: سومك (sevmek)
Pela: ŋø⁵⁵, tʃɔ̠t⁵⁵ tɛʔ³¹
Persian: دوست داشتن (fa) (dust dâštan), عشق داشتن ('ešq dâštan), عاشق بودن (fa) ('âšeq budan), مهر ورزیدن (mehr varzidan)
Piedmontese: amé
Pipil: -tasujta, -tazuhta
Polabian: ľaibĕt
Polish: kochać (pl) impf, miłować (pl)
Portuguese: amar (pt) (usually implying romantic love or the love between close relatives; when referring to things (as in “I love pizza”, “eu amo pizza”), it indicates a stronger liking than that expressed by adorar), adorar (pt) (does not imply romantic love)
Quechua: waylluy (qu), munai, waillui
Romani: kamel
Romanian: iubi (ro), adora (ro)
Romansch: avair gugent, charezzar
Russian: люби́ть (ru) impf (ljubítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во̀лети impf, во̀љети impf, љу́бити impf

Roman: vòleti (sh) impf, vòljeti (sh) impf, ljúbiti (sh) impf
Shan: ႁၵ်ႉ (shn) (hâ̰k)
Sinhalese: ආදරය කරනවා (ādaraya karanawā)
Slovak: milovať impf, ľúbiť impf, mať rád impf
Slovene: ljubiti (sl) impf, imeti rad impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lubowaś

Upper Sorbian: lubować (hsb)
Spanish: amar (es), querer (es)
Sranan Tongo: lobi
Sumerian: 𒆠𒉘 (KI.ÁG)
Swahili: kupenda
Swedish: älska (sv)
Sylheti: ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (bála faua) (romantic), ꠝꠣꠄꠣ ꠇꠞꠣ (maea xora) (common)
Tabasaran: ккун хьуб (k̄un xub)
Tagalog: ibig (tl), mahal (tl)
Tajik: дӯст доштан (tg) (düst doštan), ишқ варзидан (išq varzidan)
Tamil: காதலி (ta) (kātali) (romantic love), அன்பு செலுத்து (aṉpu celuttu) (common love)
Tatar: яратырга (tt) (yaratırga), сөяргә (söyargä)
Telugu: ప్రేమించు (te) (prēmiñcu)
Tetum: hadomi
Thai: รัก (th) (rák)
Tupinambá: aûsub (s-)
Turkish: sevmek (tr)
Turkmen: söýmek
Ukrainian: люби́ти (uk) impf (ljubýty), коха́ти (uk) impf (koxáty)
Urdu: پیار کرنا (pyār karnā), محبت کرنا (muhabbat karnā), عشق کرنا ('iśq karnā)
Uzbek: sevmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
Volapük: löfön (vo)
Welsh: caru (cy)
West Frisian: leaf hawwe, hâlde fan, beminne, leavje
White Hmong: hlub
Wolof: mbëggéel, mbeugeil
Yakut: таптаа (taptaa)
Yiddish: ליב האָבן (lib hobn)
Yoruba: fẹ́, fẹ́ràn, nífẹ̀ẹ́
Yup'ik: kenkeluni
Zazaki: sineyen
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
ǃXóõ: ǀnàm, tsāha, tào

to need, thrive on

Danish: behøve (da)
Dutch: gedijen (nl)
Finnish: rakastaa (fi), nauttia (fi)
Hebrew: אָהַב (he) (aháv)
Hindi: बहुत चाहना (bahut cāhnā)
Kapampangan: kaburi
Macedonian: сака (saka)
Middle English: loven
Russian: люби́ть (ru) impf (ljubítʹ)
Swedish: behöva (sv)
Tagalog: mahilig
West Frisian: graach meie oer

be strongly inclined towards doing

Arabic: أَحَبَّ (ar) (ʔaḥabba)
Aromanian: arisescu
Bulgarian: оби́чам (bg) impf (obíčam)
Catalan: agradar (ca)
Cebuano: gusto
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喜歡 / 喜欢 (zh) (xǐhuan), 愛好 / 爱好 (zh) (àihào)
Chuvash: юрат (jurat)
Danish: kunne lide, holde af, elske (da)
Dutch: gek zijn op, houden van (nl)
Esperanto: ŝati (eo)
Estonian: armastama (et)
Finnish: pitää paljon, pitää kovasti, rakastaa (fi)
French: aimer beaucoup, aimer bien (fr), vouloir beaucoup
German: lieben (de)
Greek: λατρεύω (el) (latrévo), ποθώ (el) (pothó), θέλω (el) (thélo)
Hebrew: אהב (he) (aháv)
Hungarian: szeret (hu)
Italian: volere bene, amare (it), adorare (it)
Japanese: 大好きである (だいすきである, daisuki de aru), 気に入る (ja) (きにいる, ki ni iru)
Kapampangan: palsintan, kaburian
Khmer: ប៉ងប្រាថ្នា (pɑɑng pratnaa)
Korean: 좋아하다 (ko) (joahada)
Latvian: patikt, mīlēt (lv)
Lithuanian: žavėtis (lt), mylėti (lt)
Macedonian: љуби impf (ljubi), милува impf (miluva)
Middle English: loven
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elske (no), like (no)
Old English: lufian (ang)
Polish: uwielbiać (pl)
Portuguese: adorar (pt), amar (pt)
Romanian: dori (ro), adora (ro), venera (ro)
Russian: люби́ть (ru) impf (ljubítʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lubowaś
Spanish: encantar (es), gustar (es), adorar (es), chiflar (es)
Swedish: tycka om (sv), älska (sv)
Tagalog: gusto (tl), nais
Turkish: sevmek (tr)
Udmurt: яратыны (jaratyny)
Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
Welsh: dwli ar
West Frisian: hâlde fan, graach meie
Zazaki: sineyayen

care about; will good for

Adangme: suɔ
Bulgarian: жела́я (bg) impf (želája)
Cebuano: pagtagad
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài), 愛慕 / 爱慕 (zh) (àimù), 疼愛 / 疼爱 (zh) (téng'ài)
Danish: elske (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: houden van (nl), liefhebben (nl)
Finnish: rakastaa (fi)
German: lieben (de), ehren (de)
Greek: εκτιμώ (el) (ektimó), αγαπώ (el) (agapó)
Hebrew: אהב (he) (aháv)
Kapampangan: mal
Khiamniungan Naga: jūjīe
Khmer: ចូលចិត្ត (cool cət), ជាប់ចិត្ត (coap cət)
Latin: diligo
Lower Sorbian: lubowaś
Middle English: loven
Mizo: ngaina
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elske (no)
Old English: lufian (ang)
Polish: kochać (pl) impf
Portuguese: amar (pt)
Romanian: admira (ro), ține la, păsa de
Russian: люби́ть (ru) impf (ljubítʹ)
Slovak: milovať impf
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Spanish: amar (es)
Swedish: älska (sv)
Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
West Frisian: leaf hawwe, jouwe om, hâlde fan

to lust for

Danish: lyste
Dutch: gek zijn op, smachten naar
Finnish: himota
German: lechzen (de), gieren (de), schmachten (de), schleckern (de), begehren (de)
Hebrew: רצה (he) (ratzá)
Kapampangan: ibug, kapagnasan
Middle English: loven
Tagalog: nanasa
Turkish: arzulamak (tr) c
Zazaki: hez kerden, waşten

(euphemistic): to have sex with

Asturian: facer l'amor
Belarusian: займа́цца каха́ннем impf (zajmácca kaxánnjem)
Bulgarian: пра́вя любо́в impf (právja ljubóv)
Catalan: fer l'amor
Cebuano: pakipaghilawas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 做愛 / 做爱 (zou⁶ oi³)

Mandarin: 做愛 / 做爱 (zh) (zuò'ài)
Czech: milovat se (cs) impf
Danish: elske (da), elske med
Dutch: vrijen (nl), de liefde bedrijven
Esperanto: amori (eo)
Finnish: mennä sänkyyn jnk kanssa, rakastella jnk kanssa
French: faire l’amour (fr), coucher avec, (slang) baiser (fr)
German: mit ... schlafen, lieben (de), Liebe machen (de)
Greek: κάνω έρωτα (káno érota)
Hungarian: szerelmeskedik (hu)
Indonesian: bercinta (id)
Italian: fare l'amore (it)
Latvian: mīlēties
Lithuanian: mylėtis
Macedonian: води љубов impf (vodi ljubov)
Middle English: loven
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elske med (no)
Polish: kochać się (pl) impf
Portuguese: amar (pt), fazer amor (pt)
Romanian: face amor, face dragoste, (se) culca
Russian: занима́ться любо́вью impf (zanimátʹsja ljubóvʹju), спать (с ...) impf (spatʹ (s ...)) (sleep)
Scottish Gaelic: gràdh neo-mheasarra m, leannanachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: водити љубав impf

Roman: voditi ljubav (sh) impf
Slovak: milovať sa impf
Slovene: ljubiti se (sl) impf
Spanish: hacer el amor (es), amar (es)
Swedish: älska (sv), älska med
Tagalog: makipagmahalan
Turkish: sevişmek (tr)
Ukrainian: коха́тися (uk) impf (koxátysja), займа́тися любо́в'ю impf or impf (zajmátysja ljubóvʺju)
Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
Welsh: caru â
Zazaki: pêwaşten

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Abkhaz: ^{(please verify)} абзиабара (abzjabara)
Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} bemin, ^{(please verify)} hou van, ^{(please verify)} lief wees vir, ^{(please verify)} liefhê, ^{(please verify)} waardeer
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} dashuroj (sq), ^{(please verify)} dua (sq)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} karet (br), radical kar-
Chechen: ^{(please verify)} еза (jeza)
Chichewa: ^{(please verify)} konda, ^{(please verify)} mkomya
Guaraní: (ah-) ^{(please verify)} ayhu
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} cinta (id), ^{(please verify)} kasih (id), ^{(please verify)} sayang (id)
Ingush: ^{(please verify)} деза (deza)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} amar (ia)
Kuna: ^{(please verify)} sabgue
Lak: ^{(please verify)} ххирану бикӏан (x:iranu bikʼan), ^{(please verify)} ччаву хьуну бикӏан (č:awu x̂unu bikʼan)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} amo (la)
Lezgi: ^{(please verify)} кӏан хьун (ḳan xun), ^{(please verify)} рикӏ хьун (riḳ xun), ^{(please verify)} рикӏ ацукьун (riḳ acuq̇un)
Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} mankafy (mg)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ħabb
Manx: ^{(please verify)} cur graih da
Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} भज् (sa) (bhaj), ^{(please verify)} कम् (sa) (kam), ^{(please verify)} प्रणी (sa) (praṇī), ^{(please verify)} प्री (sa) (prī), ^{(please verify)} रस् (sa) (ras), ^{(please verify)} सप् (sa) (sap), ^{(please verify)} वृ (sa) (vṛ)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} searc
Tupinambá: (s-) ^{(please verify)} aûsub
Tuvan: ^{(please verify)} ынакшыыр (ınakşıır), ^{(please verify)} ынак болур (ınak bolur)

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