Hate in Different Languages
Discover 'Hate' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Hate
Afrikaans haat | ||
Albanian urrejtje | ||
Amharic መጥላት | ||
Arabic اكرهه | ||
Armenian ատելություն | ||
Assamese বেয়া পোৱা | ||
Aymara uñisiña | ||
Azerbaijani nifrət | ||
Bambara kɔniya | ||
Basque gorrotoa | ||
Belarusian нянавісць | ||
Bengali ঘৃণা | ||
Bhojpuri घिन | ||
Bosnian mržnja | ||
Bulgarian омраза | ||
Catalan odi | ||
Cebuano dumot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 讨厌 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 討厭 | ||
Corsican odiu | ||
Croatian mrziti | ||
Czech nenávist | ||
Danish had | ||
Dhivehi ނަފްރަތު | ||
Dogri नफरत | ||
Dutch een hekel hebben aan | ||
English hate | ||
Esperanto malamo | ||
Estonian vihkan | ||
Ewe tsri | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) poot | ||
Finnish vihaa | ||
French haine | ||
Frisian haat | ||
Galician odio | ||
Georgian სიძულვილი | ||
German hass | ||
Greek μισώ | ||
Guarani py'ako'õ | ||
Gujarati નફરત | ||
Haitian Creole rayi | ||
Hausa ƙi | ||
Hawaiian inaina | ||
Hebrew שִׂנאָה | ||
Hindi नफरत | ||
Hmong ntxub | ||
Hungarian gyűlöl | ||
Icelandic hata | ||
Igbo ịkpọasị | ||
Ilocano kasuron | ||
Indonesian benci | ||
Irish fuath | ||
Italian odiare | ||
Japanese 嫌い | ||
Javanese sengit | ||
Kannada ದ್ವೇಷ | ||
Kazakh жек көру | ||
Khmer ស្អប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda urwango | ||
Konkani दुस्वास | ||
Korean 미움 | ||
Krio et | ||
Kurdish nifret | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕق | ||
Kyrgyz жек көрүү | ||
Lao ກຽດຊັງ | ||
Latin odium | ||
Latvian ienīst | ||
Lingala koyina | ||
Lithuanian neapykanta | ||
Luganda obukyaayi | ||
Luxembourgish haassen | ||
Macedonian омраза | ||
Maithili घिन करनाइ | ||
Malagasy fankahalana | ||
Malay benci | ||
Malayalam വെറുക്കുക | ||
Maltese mibegħda | ||
Maori whakarihariha | ||
Marathi तिरस्कार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯗꯕ | ||
Mizo hua | ||
Mongolian үзэн ядах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမုန်း | ||
Nepali घृणा | ||
Norwegian hat | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chidani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଘୃଣା | ||
Oromo jibba | ||
Pashto کرکه | ||
Persian نفرت | ||
Polish nienawidzić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ódio | ||
Punjabi ਨਫ਼ਰਤ | ||
Quechua chiqniy | ||
Romanian ură | ||
Russian ненавидеть | ||
Samoan inoino | ||
Sanskrit घृणा | ||
Scots Gaelic gràin | ||
Sepedi hloya | ||
Serbian мржња | ||
Sesotho lehloyo | ||
Shona ruvengo | ||
Sindhi نفرت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෛරය | ||
Slovak nenávisť | ||
Slovenian sovraštvo | ||
Somali neceb | ||
Spanish odio | ||
Sundanese hate | ||
Swahili chuki | ||
Swedish hata | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) galit | ||
Tajik нафрат кардан | ||
Tamil வெறுப்பு | ||
Tatar нәфрәт | ||
Telugu ద్వేషం | ||
Thai เกลียด | ||
Tigrinya ፅልኢ | ||
Tsonga venga | ||
Turkish nefret | ||
Turkmen ýigrenç | ||
Twi (Akan) tan | ||
Ukrainian ненависть | ||
Urdu سے نفرت | ||
Uyghur ئۆچ | ||
Uzbek nafrat | ||
Vietnamese ghét | ||
Welsh casineb | ||
Xhosa intiyo | ||
Yiddish האַסן | ||
Yoruba ikorira | ||
Zulu inzondo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "haat" in Afrikaans has the same root as the English word "hate" but also means "hurry" or "rush". |
| Albanian | "Urrejt" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erǵʰ-, meaning 'to be angry' or 'to cause harm'. |
| Amharic | "መጥላት" is derived from the Gheez root word "መጥል" meaning "to be angry" or "to despise." |
| Arabic | The word "اكرهه" in Arabic can also mean "to detest" or "to despise". |
| Armenian | The word |
| Azerbaijani | "Nifrət" in Azerbaijani can also mean "curse" from the Persian origin "nifrin." |
| Basque | The word "gorrotoa" also refers to "annoyance" and "resentment" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "нянавісць" in Belarusian derives from the Proto-Slavic root "nędz" meaning "want" or "lack". |
| Bengali | ঘৃণা originates from Sanskrit and also means 'contempt' or 'disdain'. |
| Bosnian | "Mržnja" in Bosnian comes from the Proto-Slavic word *mrъzъ, meaning "darkness, gloom, cold". |
| Bulgarian | The word "омраза" has a Slavic root and can also mean "darkness" or "blindness". |
| Catalan | The word "odi" in Catalan also refers to an ancestral form of poetry and the wrath of the gods. |
| Cebuano | The word "dumot" in Cebuano is derived from the proto-Austronesian word "*dumet", which also means "to bear a grudge." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | '讨厌' (tǎoyàn) originally meant 'tiresome' or 'disgusting', and it acquired the meaning of 'hate' later on. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "討厭" can also mean "dislike" or "annoy" depending on the context. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "odiu" can also mean "envy" or "jealousy." |
| Croatian | The verb 'mrziti' is of Proto-Slavic origin and is cognate with the Russian verb 'морозить' ('to freeze'). |
| Czech | The Czech word "nenávist" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root "ne" (not) and "naviti" (to like), indicating a strong aversion or hostility. |
| Danish | The Danish "had", meaning "hate", comes most directly from the Old Norse word "hata", also "hate". |
| Dutch | The Dutch term "een hekel aan" derives from the obsolete noun "haak", originally meaning a hook that was used to pull back clothes or curtains and was associated with the act of rejecting. |
| Esperanto | "Malamo" is also an ancient term for "malady," and is related to the word "malade," meaning "sick." |
| Estonian | The word "vihkan" in Estonian shares its root with the verb "vihkama" , "to sprinkle" and "to swing", likely originating from the ritual of sprinkling water during pagan sacrifices or battles. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "vihaa" (hate) shares a common origin with "viha" (anger) and "vihollinen" (enemy), suggesting a connection between hatred and conflict. |
| French | The French word "haine" derives from the Latin word "odium", meaning "disgust" or "aversion". It also carries the connotation of "intense dislike and hostility". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "haat" can also refer to a strong dislike or aversion. |
| Galician | The origin of the Galician word "odio" is uncertain but is thought to derive from the Latin "otium" or the Old Germanic "*ôths" |
| Georgian | The term “სიძულვილი” also refers to a “feeling of displeasure and hostility” that is not a deep, enduring hatred, as the term suggests, but rather something more akin to a “dislike that may not have a specific target.” |
| German | In German, "Hass" can also refer to a particular type of avocado, known for its dark green skin and buttery texture. |
| Greek | The ancient Greek verb μισώ comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'to let go' or 'to abandon'. |
| Gujarati | The word "નફરત" can also mean "disgust" or "loathing" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Rayi evolved from the French word 'rage' (or 'rai' in Creole) and can also mean 'anger', 'violence', or 'war'. |
| Hausa | Also used to indicate a state of dislike for a thing or person |
| Hawaiian | "Inaina" in Hawaiian literally means "to look askance at". |
| Hebrew | It can also mean an "enemy" or "hostility" (the plural form is "schnayot") |
| Hindi | The word "नफरत" has Sanskrit roots and is related to the word "निर्वर्त्तन" meaning "to repel or reject". |
| Hungarian | "Gyűlöl" can also mean "to despise" or "to detest" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "hata" is a derivative of the word "hót", which means "anger" or "heat". |
| Igbo | 'kpọ' comes from the original word 'kpọ', meaning 'to be hard; to be difficult'. |
| Indonesian | The word "benci" in Indonesian can also mean "dislike" or "loathe". |
| Irish | The word 'fuath' can also refer to fear or anxiety, and is cognate with the Welsh 'ofn' (fear) and Breton 'aon' (terror). |
| Italian | The Italian verb “odiare” (“to detest”) is directly descended from the Latin verb “odi” (“I hate”) through the Old Italian “odiare”. |
| Japanese | Besides its primary meaning, the word "kirai" (嫌い) can also be used to express "dislike" or even "love" in certain contexts. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word 'sengit' can also mean 'intense' or 'fierce', and is often used to describe a feeling of anger or hostility. |
| Kannada | ದ್ವೇಷ comes from the Sanskrit root "dvish" meaning "to harm" or "to be hostile". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жек көру" can also mean "to be annoyed by" or "to find something unpleasant". |
| Khmer | The word ស្អប់ also means "dirty" or "disgusting". |
| Korean | The Korean word "미움" derives from the verb "미우다" (to hate) and shares its root with the word "미워하다" (to be hateful). |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word 'nifret' (hate) is also used to describe a strong dislike or aversion to something. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жек көрүү" also means "to feel disgust or aversion" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | Lao word ກຽດຊັງ comes from an old Javanese word meaning "feeling or condition of being hateful," itself derived from Sanskrit "ghṛṇā," meaning "contempt" or "hatred." |
| Latin | 'Odium' in Latin may mean either 'hate' or 'odor', both deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ed- meaning 'to smell'. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "ienīst" is derived from the Proto-Baltic root "*īd", meaning "anger" or "dislike". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "neapykanta" originates from the word "apyti," meaning "to become disgusted." |
| Luxembourgish | In German "hassen" also has the meaning of "to hurry" |
| Macedonian | The word "омраза" in Macedonian ultimately derives from a Proto-Slavic compound that also meant "anger" and "disgust". |
| Malagasy | The word "fankahalana" in Malagasy can also refer to a "quarrel" or "dispute". |
| Malay | "Benci" is derived from the Sanskrit word "veci" or "dwesi" meaning "pain" or "bitterness". |
| Maltese | "Mibegħda" comes from the Arabic word "baghada," meaning "to loathe" or "to be disgusted by." |
| Maori | The Maori word |
| Marathi | In Marathi, the word "तिरस्कार" can also refer to "contempt" or "disdain". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အမုန်း" in Burmese can also refer to "indignation" or "anger", and is etymologically related to the word for "poison". |
| Nepali | The term घृणा (‘ghriNA’) is rooted in the word ghirna, a verb which literally means ‘to abhor’ in Sanskrit, the origin of which is probably related to Sanskrit ghurNa (‘revolving, turning, rolling’); as such, घृणा could have developed its semantic value through a sense of ‘turmoil’ or ‘disorder’. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "hat" is derived from the Old Norse term "hatta", meaning "hatred". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | chidani also means 'to be hard' or 'to cause an obstacle' |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کرکه" not only means "hate," but also "abhorrence," "enmity," and "indignation." |
| Persian | The Persian word "نفرت" (nafarat) is derived from the Arabic word "نَفَرَ" (nafara), which means "to turn away" or "to flee". |
| Polish | The word "nienawidzić" is derived from the Slavic root "*ned-vid-ěti," meaning "not to see". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Ódio" derives from the Latin "odium," which means "hatred, aversion, or dislike." |
| Romanian | The Romanian noun "ură" derives from the Slavic verb "vrati" (to return), meaning "to return evil for evil", but it can also denote "passion" or "zeal". |
| Russian | The word "ненавидеть" comes from the Old Russian word "ненависть", which means "hostility" or "enmity". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "'ino'ino" also means "anger, wrath or displeasure". |
| Scots Gaelic | Gràin derives from the Proto-Celtic *gʷrēn meaning 'wrath' or 'disgrace' and was once interchangeable with 'crìon' for 'misery'. |
| Serbian | Mržnja in Serbian also refers to disgust, or hatred for an idea or action. |
| Shona | "Ruvengo" can also mean "enemy" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | "نفرت" is an interjection with multiple meanings that include "be surprised" and "sigh". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "වෛරය" can also mean "enmity" or "hostility" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "nenávisť" originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "nenaviděti", meaning "to dislike" or "to be hostile towards". |
| Slovenian | 'Sovraštvo' can also mean 'aversion,' and comes from the Old Church Slavonic 'sovražьstvo', meaning 'enmity'. |
| Somali | Necel is cognate with naceyb in Standard Arabic |
| Spanish | The Spanish word 'odio' derives from the Latin word 'odium', which originally meant 'disgrace' or 'shame'. |
| Sundanese | The word "hate" in Sundanese has several other meanings, including "dislike" and "disappoint". |
| Swahili | "Chuki" in Swahili, meaning "hatred" or "disgust," also bears the sense of "pain" and "dislike". |
| Swedish | Swedish "hata" also means "meadow" and stems from the Old Norse word "hagi" with the same meaning. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The root word "galit" means "anger" and is also the origin of the word "galit" which means "hate". |
| Tajik | The word "нафрат кардан" in Tajik can also mean "to despise" or "to loathe." |
| Telugu | The Telugu word 'ద్వేషం' derives from the Sanskrit word 'द्वेष' (dveṣa), and originally meant 'envy' or 'dislike', but evolved to mean 'hate' over time. |
| Thai | The word "เกลียด" can also mean "to dislike" or "to be averse to" something. |
| Turkish | The word 'nefret', meaning 'hate' in Turkish, originates from the Persian word 'nafr' which refers to disgust or contempt. |
| Ukrainian | "Ненависть" stems from an Old Slavic word "ненависть" that means "anger" and "hostility". |
| Uzbek | The word "nafrat" in Uzbek is related to the word "nafs", which means "self", and can also refer to the concept of self-denial or asceticism. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, the word "ghét" can also mean "dislike" or "detest", and is derived from the Sino-Vietnamese word "hận" meaning "resentment" or "grudge". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the verb "casineb" is also used with the meaning of "despise," "condemn" or "dislike". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "intiyo" can also refer to a "feeling of distaste or dislike". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish term 'האַסן' ('has'n') derives from the German word 'hassen' and originally meant 'to begrudge,' but later broadened to encompass 'to resent' and 'to hate'. |
| Yoruba | The word 'ikorira' also refers to 'anger' or 'bitterness', reflecting the close connection between these emotions in the Yoruba language. |
| Zulu | In the isiZulu language, the word "inzondo" has an additional meaning, referring to a feeling of intense dislike for a situation or thing. |
| English | The word 'hate' has an alternate meaning of 'extreme dislike' which is less severe than its primary meaning. |