How to say “warm” in 32 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where warm is the 370th most used word.
- Afrikaans warm #370
- Albanian nxehtë hot, warm #714
- Basque beroa warm, calid #527
- Bengali গরম warm, hot #457
- Catalan calent hot, warm #1,687
- Chinese 暖和 #1,983
- Danish varm warm, hot #1,331
- Dutch warm warm, hot #1,091
- Esperanto varma warm, hot #975
- Estonian soe #1,366
- French chaud warm, hot #893
- Galician quente hot; warm #933
- German warm warm; mildly hot #1,955
- Greek ζεστό warm, hot #1,631
- Hebrew חמים #1,857
- Hindi गर्म warm; hot #679
- Hungarian meleg #706
- Indonesian hangat #1,228
- Italian caldo warm, hot #1,225
- Macedonian греј to heat, warm up #2,431
- Norwegian varm to warm, heat, warm up #1,241
- Persian گرم warm, hot #601
- Portuguese quente hot, warm #985
- Romanian cald #1,261
- Slovak teplé #1,553
- Slovenian topel #1,417
- Spanish caliente hot, warm #1,077
- Tagalog mainit hot; warm #657
- Telugu వెచ్చని #614
- Turkish sıcak hot, warm #583
- Urdu گرم warm; hot #583
- Vietnamese ấm #1,220
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.