{"id":37156,"date":"2024-01-04T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/?p=37156"},"modified":"2025-01-24T01:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:16:06","slug":"love-in-different-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/love-in-different-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say \u201cLove\u201d in 100 Different Languages [With Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love may be a universal language, but how you say it changes from country to country.\u00a0In this post, you’ll learn how to say “love” in 100 different languages, from the most common to some of the rarest.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Plus, you’ll get some resources to learn additional vocabulary on the topic of love and discover romantic poetry from around the world. With this guide, you can reach across borders and language barriers to share the love far and wide!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Love” in Different Languages<\/h2>\n

Here’s how to say “love” in 100 different languages. Some have built-in audio pronunciation while for others, you can click on the link to hear the pronunciation on Forvo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The last 29 words don’t have their pronunciation, but you can check Forvo<\/a> to see if they’re added in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Language<\/th>Word<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
English<\/td> Love <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spanish<\/td> Amor<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French<\/td> Amour<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italian<\/td> Amore<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
German<\/td> Liebe<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portuguese<\/td> Amor<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch\/Afrikaans<\/td> Liefde<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russian<\/td> \u041b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0432\u044c <\/a>\n (Lyubov')<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese (Cantonese)<\/td> \u611b <\/a>\n (oi3)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese (Mandarin)<\/td> \u7231 <\/a>\n (\u00c0i)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese<\/td> \u611b <\/a>\n (Ai)<\/i> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korean<\/td> \uc0ac\ub791 <\/a>\n (Salang)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arabic<\/td> \u062d\u0628 <\/a>\n (Hob)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkish<\/td> A\u015fk<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swedish<\/td> K\u00e4rlek<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hindi<\/td> \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e <\/a>\n (Prem)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finnish<\/td> Rakkaus<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polish<\/td> Mi\u0142o\u015b\u0107<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norwegian<\/td> Kj\u00e6rlighet<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danish<\/td> K\u00e6rlighed<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romanian<\/td> Dragoste<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Icelandic<\/td> \u00c1st<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh<\/td> Cariad<\/i> <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarusian<\/td>\u041a\u0430\u0445\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0435<\/a> (Kahannie)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persian<\/td>\u0639\u0634\u0642<\/a> (Ishq)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greek<\/td>\u0391\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a> (Ag\u00e1pi)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hebrew<\/td>\u05d0\u05d4\u05d1\u05d4<\/a> (Ahavah)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Punjabi<\/td>\u0a2a\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a30<\/a> (Pyaar)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech\/Slovak<\/td>L\u00e1ska<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesian<\/td>Cinta<\/i><\/a>\/Sayang<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filipino<\/td>Pag-ibig<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilokano<\/td>Ayat<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thai<\/td>\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01<\/a> (Rak)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bengali<\/td>\u09ad\u09be\u09b2\u09cb\u09ac\u09be\u09b8\u09be<\/a> (Bhalobasha)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnamese<\/td>T\u00ecnh y\u00eau<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungarian<\/td>Szerelem<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ukrainian\/Bulgarian<\/td>\u041b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0432<\/a> (Lyubov)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lithuanian<\/td>Meil\u0117<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latvian<\/td>M\u012blest\u012bba<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatian\/Bosnian<\/td>Ljubav<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbian<\/td>\u0409\u0443\u0431\u0430\u0432<\/a> (Ljubav)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovenian<\/td>Ljubezen<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgian<\/td>\u10e1\u10d8\u10e7\u10d5\u10d0\u10e0\u10e3\u10da\u10d8<\/a> (Siqvaruli)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonian<\/td>Armastus<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mongolian<\/td>\u0425\u0430\u0439\u0440<\/a> (Khair)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maltese<\/td>Im\u0127abba<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albanian<\/td>Dashuri<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basque<\/td>Maite<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Urdu<\/td>\u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a<\/a> (Muhabbat)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macedonian<\/td>\u0409\u0443\u0431\u043e\u0432<\/a> (Ljubov)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kazakh<\/td>\u041c\u0430\u0445\u0430\u0431\u0431\u0430\u0442<\/a> (Makhabbat)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uzbek<\/td>\u041c\u0443\u04b3\u0430\u0431\u0431\u0430\u0442<\/a> (Muhabbat)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kurdish<\/td>Ev\u00een<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luxembourgish<\/td>L\u00e9ift<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pashto<\/td>\u0645\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/a> (Mehrbani)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nepali<\/td>\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e<\/a> (Prem)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chichewa<\/td>Chikondi<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malagasy<\/td>Fitiavana<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maori<\/td>Aroha<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hawaiian<\/td>Aloha<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaelic (Scottish)<\/td>Gr\u00e0dh<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaelic (Irish)<\/td>Gr\u00e1<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swahili<\/td>Upendo<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guarani<\/td>Mborayhu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zulu<\/td>Uthando<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oromo<\/td>Jaalala<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telugu<\/td>\u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c47\u0c2e<\/a> (Pr\u0113ma)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Twi<\/td>Medaase<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haitian Creole<\/td>Lanmou<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoruba<\/td>\u00ccf\u1eb9\u0301<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Sotho<\/td>Lerato<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tibetan<\/td>\u0f51\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f7c (Dbyin-bo)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burmese<\/td>\u1001\u103b\u1005\u103a\u101e\u1030 (Hsa-su)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xhosa<\/td>Ubuhle<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Igbo<\/td>Ifunanya<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tongan<\/td>Ofa<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fijian<\/td>Kalou dodomo<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samoan<\/td>Alofa<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hausa<\/td>So<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amharic<\/td>\u134d\u1245\u122d (Fikir)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tigrinya<\/td>\u1215\u133b\u1295 (H'isana)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somali<\/td>Jacayl<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinyarwanda<\/td>Ubukwe<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirundi<\/td>Ukwandura<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shona<\/td>Kugadzirisa<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tswana<\/td>Rata<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sesotho<\/td>Botho<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hausa<\/td>Soyayya<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ibibio<\/td>Ob\u00f3ng\u00f3<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulfulde<\/td>J\u00e0mm-ma<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ewe<\/td>Azizi<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akan<\/td>Ns\u025bm<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bambara<\/td>Sabali<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolof<\/td>Nopp naa la<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ibibio<\/td>Utom<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Efik<\/td>Idem<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ijo<\/td>Eniyan<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ijaw<\/td>Oyoyo<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Igala<\/td>Ojonugwa<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bini<\/td>Oghogho<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Poetry About Love in Different Languages\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Many say that the language of love is best expressed through poetry. Here are some books and other resources containing poems about love and romance in different languages:\u00a0<\/p>\n