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)
• 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)
• Pannonian Rusyn: любов f (ljubov), любосц f (ljubosc)
• Pashto: مينه (ps) f (mina), عشق (ps) m ('ešq), محبت (ps) m (mohabat)
• Persian:

  Dari: عِشْق (fa) (išq), مُحَبَّت (fa) (muhabbat), مَحَبَّت (fa) (mahabbat), مِهْر (fa) (mihr)

  Iranian Persian: عِشْق (fa) (ešğ), مُحَبَّت (fa) (mohabbat), مَحَبَّت (fa) (mahabbat), مِهْر (fa) (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) ([divine] 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 (fa) (aziz), دِلْبَر (fa) (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

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• 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)

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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)

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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)
• Khmer: ស្រឡាញ់ (km) (srɑlañ), ស្នេហ៍ (km) (snae)
• Korean: 사랑하다 (ko) (saranghada), 애정을 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
• 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
• 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

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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• 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)