People all over the world fall in love, write poetry, and dream of someone special — and they often want to know: how do you say “lover” in another language?
Whether it’s for a tattoo, a message to a partner from another culture, or just a curiosity about love across borders, this blog is here to help.
In this article, you’ll learn how to say lover in 70 different languages, with pronunciation guides and example sentences for each.
So the next time you want to say “my lover” in French, Japanese, or Swahili — you’ll know exactly how.
🌍 How to Say Lover in 70 Different Languages
Each line includes:
Language (🇨🇳) – Translation | Pronunciation: [Simple English]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Amante | Pronunciation: ah-man-teh
Él es mi amante secreto. - French (🇫🇷) – Amant / Amante | Pronunciation: ah-mahn / ah-mahnt
Elle parle souvent de son amant. - German (🇩🇪) – Liebhaber | Pronunciation: leeb-hah-ber
Er ist ihr einziger Liebhaber. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Amante | Pronunciation: ah-man-teh
Lui è il mio amante. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Amante | Pronunciation: ah-man-teh
Ela tem um amante misterioso. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Любовник / Любовница | Pronunciation: lyu-bov-neek / lyu-bov-nee-tsa
У неё есть любовник. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 情人 | Pronunciation: ching-ren
她和她的情人一起旅行。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 恋人 | Pronunciation: koibito
彼は彼女の恋人です。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 연인 | Pronunciation: yeo-neen
그들은 오랜 연인이에요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – प्रेमी / प्रेमिका | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-mi-ka
वह उसका पहला प्रेमी था। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – محبوب / محبوبہ | Pronunciation: mahboob / mahboobah
وہ اپنی محبوبہ سے بہت محبت کرتا ہے۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – حبيب / حبيبة | Pronunciation: ha-beeb / ha-bee-bah
هي تفتقد حبيبها كثيرًا. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Sevgili | Pronunciation: sev-gee-lee
O benim sevgilim. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – প্রেমিক / প্রেমিকা | Pronunciation: prey-mik / prey-mi-ka
সে তার প্রেমিকের জন্য অপেক্ষা করছে। - Persian (🇮🇷) – عاشق | Pronunciation: aash-egh
او یک عاشق وفادار است. - Greek (🇬🇷) – Εραστής / Ερωμένη | Pronunciation: e-ra-stees / e-ro-me-nee
Μίλησε για τον εραστή της. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Kochanek / Kochanka | Pronunciation: ko-ha-neck / ko-han-ka
To był jej pierwszy kochanek. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Minnaar | Pronunciation: min-nar
Zij ontmoette haar minnaar gisteren. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Älskare / Älskarinna | Pronunciation: els-ka-reh / els-ka-rin-na
Han är hennes älskare. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Rakastaja | Pronunciation: ra-kas-ta-ya
Hän oli hänen rakastajansa. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Elsker | Pronunciation: el-sker
Han er min elsker. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Elsker | Pronunciation: el-sker
Hun har en hemmelig elsker. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Szerető | Pronunciation: seh-reh-too
Ő az én szeretőm. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Milenec / Milenka | Pronunciation: mee-leh-nets / mee-len-ka
Má nového milence. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Iubit / Iubită | Pronunciation: yoo-beet / yoo-bee-ta
Ea îl iubește pe iubitul ei. - Thai (🇹🇭) – คนรัก | Pronunciation: kon rak
เธอคือคนรักของฉัน. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Người yêu | Pronunciation: ngoo-ee you
Tôi nhớ người yêu của tôi. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kekasih | Pronunciation: keh-kah-see
Dia adalah kekasih hatiku. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Kekasih | Pronunciation: keh-kah-see
Aku menulis surat kepada kekasihku. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Mpenzi | Pronunciation: em-pen-zee
Nampenda mpenzi wangu sana. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isithandwa | Pronunciation: ee-see-tan-dwa
Isithandwa sami sihle. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Isithandwa | Pronunciation: ee-see-tan-dwa
Ndiyakuthanda, isithandwa sam. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ololufẹ | Pronunciation: oh-lo-loo-feh
Mo nifẹ ololufẹ mi gan-an. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Masoyi | Pronunciation: mah-soh-yee
Na hadu da masoyi na yau. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Onye m hụrụ n’anya | Pronunciation: on-ye muh hoo-rah nahn-yah
Ọ bụ onye m hụrụ n’anya. - Somali (🇸🇴) – Lamaanaha | Pronunciation: lah-mah-nah-hah
Wuxuu jecel yahay lamaanihiisa. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מאהב / מאהבת | Pronunciation: meh-a-hev / meh-a-he-vet
היא אוהבת את המאהב שלה. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – የፍቅር ጋብዝ | Pronunciation: ye-fi-ker gab-z
እሷ የፍቅር ጋብዝ ናት። - Pashto (🇦🇫) – محبوب / معشوق | Pronunciation: mahboob / mashooq
زه خپل معشوق ته لیک لیکم. - Dari (🇦🇫) – عاشق | Pronunciation: aashiq
او عاشق واقعی است. - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ошиқ | Pronunciation: osh-eek
Вай ошиқи ман аст. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sevgili | Pronunciation: sev-gee-lee
U mening sevgilim. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сүйіктісі | Pronunciation: soo-yook-ti-si
Ол менің сүйіктім. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – საყვარელი | Pronunciation: sa-khva-rel-i
ის ჩემი საყვარელია. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Սիրեցյալ | Pronunciation: see-ret-syal
Նա իմ սիրեցյալն է։ - Lao (🇱🇦) – ຄົນຮັກ | Pronunciation: khon-hak
ຂ້ອຍຮັກຄົນຮັກຂອງຂ້ອຍ. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – សង្សារ | Pronunciation: song-saa
ខ្ញុំស្រឡាញ់សង្សាររបស់ខ្ញុំ។ - Burmese (🇲🇲) – သူငယ်ချင်းချစ်သူ | Pronunciation: thu-ngeh-jin chit-thu
သူမကသူငယ်ချင်းချစ်သူဖြစ်တယ်။ - Tamil (🇮🇳) – காதலர் | Pronunciation: kaa-da-lar
அவர் என் காதலர். - Telugu (🇮🇳) – ప్రేమికుడు / ప్రేమికురాలు | Pronunciation: pray-mi-ku-du / pray-mi-ku-raa-loo
ఆమె తన ప్రేమికుడిని గుర్తు చేసుకుంటుంది. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಪ್ರೇಮಿ / ಪ್ರೇಮಿಕಾ | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-mee-ka
ಅವನು ಅವಳ ಪ್ರೇಮಿ. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – પ્રેમી / પ્રેમિકા | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-mee-ka
તેનો પ્રેમી ખૂબ જ મીઠો છે. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ / ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿਕਾ | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-mi-ka
ਉਹ ਉਸਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿਕਾ ਹੈ। - Marathi (🇮🇳) – प्रेमी / प्रेयसी | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-ya-see
ती त्याची प्रेयसी आहे. - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ප්රේමිකයා / ප්රේමිකාව | Pronunciation: pray-mi-ka-ya / pray-mi-kaa-va
ඔහු ඇයගේ ප්රේමිකයාය. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – प्रेमी / प्रेमिका | Pronunciation: pray-mee / pray-mi-ka
उनी उसको प्रेमी हुन्। - Esperanto (🌍) – Amanto / Amantino | Pronunciation: ah-man-to / ah-man-tee-no
Ŝi estas lia amantino. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Maitea | Pronunciation: mah-ee-teh-ah
Zure maitea beti zurekin dago. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Amant | Pronunciation: ah-mant
És el seu amant des de fa anys. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Amante | Pronunciation: ah-man-teh
Ela ten un amante secreto. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Aloha ipo | Pronunciation: ah-lo-ha ee-po
ʻO ia koʻu aloha ipo. - Maori (🇳🇿) – Hoa aroha | Pronunciation: ho-ah ah-ro-ha
Ko ia taku hoa aroha. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Uo alofa | Pronunciation: oo-oh ah-loh-fah
O ia o la’u uo alofa. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – ʻOfaʻanga | Pronunciation: oh-fah-ah-nga
Ko e ʻofaʻanga naʻe ʻofa lahi. - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Maħbub / Maħbuba | Pronunciation: mahb-boob / mahb-boo-bah
Hija l-maħbuba tiegħi. - Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Elskhugi | Pronunciation: el-skhoo-gee
Hún er elskhugi hans. - Welsh (🏴) – Cariad | Pronunciation: kah-ree-ad
Fy nghariad i yw e. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Leannán | Pronunciation: lan-awn
Tá sí ag caint lena leannán. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Leannan | Pronunciation: len-an
Is e mo leannan e. - Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Léifsten / Léifst | Pronunciation: layf-sten / layfst
Hatt si hire léifsten gär.
🌟 Conclusion
No matter where you are in the world, the word lover carries the warmth of deep affection and heartfelt connection.
John Preston is a passionate American author known for his insightful storytelling and thought-provoking narratives. With a deep love for literature and a sharp eye for detail, John crafts stories that not only entertain but also inspire reflection and growth. His modern writing style, combined with relatable characters and real-life settings, has earned him a loyal readership across diverse audiences.
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