How to Say Lust in Other Languages

Afrikaans: lus (lohs)

Albanian: epsh (epsh)

Amharic: ምኞት (mən-yot)

Arabic: شهوة (sha-wa)

Armenian: ցանկություն (tsan-koo-tyoon)

Azerbaijani: ehtiras (eh-tee-ras)

Basque: grina (gree-nah)

Belarusian: пажада (pah-zha-dah)

Bengali: লালসা (laal-sha)

Bosnian: požuda (po-zhoo-dah)

Bulgarian: похот (po-khot)

Burmese: လောဘ (law-bah)

Catalan: luxúria (loo-shoo-ree-ah)

Cebuano: kahilayan (ka-hee-la-yan)

Chinese (Mandarin): 欲望 (yu-wang)

Croatian: požuda (po-zhoo-dah)

Czech: chtíč (kh-teech)

Danish: begær (be-gehr)

Dutch: lust (lust)

Esperanto: volupto (vo-loop-toh)

Estonian: himu (hee-moo)

Finnish: himo (hee-moh)

French: désir (deh-zeer)

Galician: luxuria (loo-shoo-ree-ah)

Georgian: ვნება (vne-ba)

German: Lust (loost)

Greek: λαγνεία (lag-nee-ah)

Gujarati: લાલચ (la-lach)

Haitian Creole: dezi (deh-zee)

Hausa: sha’awa (sha-ah-wah)

Hebrew: תאווה (ta-ah-vah)

Hindi: वासना (vaas-naa)

Hungarian: vágy (vahd-yuh)

Icelandic: girnd (geernd)

Igbo: agụụ (ah-goo)

Indonesian: nafsu (naf-soo)

Irish: dúil (dool)

Italian: lussuria (looh-soo-ree-ah)

Japanese: 欲望 (yoku-boh)

Javanese: hawa nafsu (ha-wah naf-soo)

Kannada: ಲಾಲಸೆ (laa-la-se)

Kazakh: құмарлық (ku-mar-lik)

Khmer: តំណាង (dam-nang)

Korean: 욕망 (yong-mang)

Kurdish: xwesbûn (kh-weis-buhn)

Kyrgyz: кумар (koo-mar)

Lao: ຄວາມຢາກ (kh-wam yaak)

Latvian: kāre (kah-reh)

Lithuanian: geismas (gei-smahs)

Luxembourgish: Lüsten (lyoo-sten)

Macedonian: пожуда (po-zhoo-da)

Malagasy: filàna (fee-lah-nah)

Malay: nafsu (naf-soo)

Malayalam: മോഹം (mo-ham)

Maltese: lussurja (loos-soor-yah)

Maori: hiahia (hee-hee-ah-hee-ah)

Marathi: वासना (vaas-naa)

Mongolian: тачаал (ta-chal)

Nepali: वासना (vaas-naa)

Norwegian: lyst (leest)

Odia: ଲୋଭ (loh-bah)

Pashto: شهوت (sha-hoo-t)

Persian: شهوت (sha-hoo-t)

Polish: żądza (zhon-dza)

Portuguese: luxúria (loo-shoo-ree-ah)

Punjabi: ਲਾਲਚ (laa-lach)

Romanian: poftă (pohf-tuh)

Russian: похоть (po-khot)

Samoan: naunau (nah-oo-now)

Serbian: пожуда (po-zhoo-dah)

Shona: chido (chee-doh)

Sinhala: ලාලසා (laa-la-sa)

Slovak: žiadostivosť (zhyah-doh-stee-vost)

Slovenian: poželenje (po-zhe-len-yeh)

Somali: damac (dah-mak)

Spanish: lujuria (loo-hoo-ree-ah)

Sundanese: napsu (nap-soo)

Swahili: tamaa (tah-mah)

Swedish: lust (loost)

Tagalog: pagnanasa (pahg-na-na-sah)

Tajik: шаҳват (shah-vat)

Tamil: ஆசை (aa-sai)

Telugu: వాంఛ (van-cha)

Thai: ตัณหา (tan-ha)

Tigrinya: ምንድን (min-din)

Turkish: şehvet (sheh-vet)

Turkmen: nafs (naf-s)

Ukrainian: похіть (po-khit’)

Urdu: ہوس (hoh-s)

Uzbek: ehtiros (eh-tee-ras)

Vietnamese: dục vọng (zook vong)

Welsh: chwant (khwant)

Wolof: gannal (gah-nal)

Xhosa: inkanuko (een-ka-noo-ko)

Yiddish: תאווה (ta-ah-vah)

Yoruba: ifẹkufẹ (ee-feh-ku-feh)

Zulu: isifiso (ee-see-fee-soh)

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