650+ Ways to Say “Kiss in Other Languages”

People around the world often search for how to say “kiss” in other languages — whether they’re learning a new language, writing a romantic message, or traveling. This article solves that curiosity by giving you accurate translations, pronunciations, and real example sentences in 650+ different languages.

The word kiss expresses love, affection, and connection, and knowing how to say it in various tongues can help you communicate these feelings universally. You can use this guide to speak more lovingly in any culture, or just for fun linguistic exploration.

How to Say “Kiss” in 650 Different Languages 

1. Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – soen | Pronunciation: soon Example: Ek het haar ’n soen gegee. (“I gave her a kiss.”)
2. Albanian (🇦🇱) – puthje | Pronunciation: pooth-yeah Example: Ai i dha një puthje. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
3. Amharic (🇪🇹) – እቅፍ (ek’f) | Pronunciation: ikh-f Example: እቅፍ አሳልፈዋለሁ። (“I gave a kiss.”)
4. Arabic (🇸🇦) – قبلة (qublah) | Pronunciation: koob-lah Example: أعطاها قبلة على خدها. (“He gave her a kiss on her cheek.”)
5. Armenian (🇦🇲) – համբույր (hambuyr) | Pronunciation: ham-booyr Example: Նա նրան համբույր տվեց։ (“He gave her a kiss.”)
6. Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – öpüş | Pronunciation: oh-poosh Example: O, ona öpüş verdi. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
7. Bangla (🇧🇩) – চুম্বন (chumbon) | Pronunciation: choom-bon Example: সে তাকে একটি চুম্বন দিল। (“He gave her a kiss.”)
8. Basque (🇪🇸) – musu | Pronunciation: moo-soo Example: Eman zion musu bat. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
9. Belarusian (🇧🇾) – пацалунак (patsalunak) | Pronunciation: pa-tsa-loo-nak Example: Ён ёй пацалунак даў. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
10. Bosnian (🇧🇦) – poljubac | Pronunciation: po-lyoo-bats Example: Dao joj je poljubac. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

11. Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – целувка (tseluvka) | Pronunciation: tse-loov-ka Example: Той ѝ даде целувка. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
12. Catalan (🇪🇸) – petó | Pronunciation: pe-toh Example: Li va fer un petó. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
13. Chinese (🇨🇳) – 吻 (wěn) | Pronunciation: wen Example: 他给了她一个吻。 (“He gave her a kiss.”)
14. Croatian (🇭🇷) – poljubac | Pronunciation: po-lyoo-bats Example: Dao joj je poljubac. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
15. Czech (🇨🇿) – polibek | Pronunciation: po-lee-bek Example: Dal jí polibek. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
16. Danish (🇩🇰) – kys | Pronunciation: koos Example: Han gav hende et kys. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
17. Dutch (🇳🇱) – kus | Pronunciation: koos Example: Hij gaf haar een kus. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
18. English (🇬🇧) – kiss | Pronunciation: kis Example: He gave her a kiss.
19. Estonian (🇪🇪) – suudlus | Pronunciation: sood-loos Example: Ta andis talle suudluse. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
20. Finnish (🇫🇮) – suudelma | Pronunciation: soo-del-mah Example: Hän antoi hänelle suudelman. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

21. French (🇫🇷) – baiser | Pronunciation: beh-zeh Example: Il lui a donné un baiser. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
22. German (🇩🇪) – Kuss | Pronunciation: koos Example: Er gab ihr einen Kuss. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
23. Greek (🇬🇷) – φιλί (filí) | Pronunciation: fee-lee Example: Της έδωσε ένα φιλί. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
24. Hebrew (🇮🇱) – נשיקה (neshika) | Pronunciation: neh-shee-kah Example: הוא נתן לה נשיקה. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
25. Hindi (🇮🇳) – चुंबन (chumban) | Pronunciation: choom-bun Example: उसने उसे एक चुंबन दिया। (“He gave her a kiss.”)
26. Hungarian (🇭🇺) – csók | Pronunciation: choke Example: Adott neki egy csókot. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
27. Icelandic (🇮🇸) – koss | Pronunciation: koos Example: Hann gaf henni koss. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
28. Indonesian (🇮🇩) – ciuman | Pronunciation: chee-oo-man Example: Dia memberinya ciuman. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
29. Irish (🇮🇪) – póg | Pronunciation: pohg Example: Thug sé póg di. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
30. Italian (🇮🇹) – bacio | Pronunciation: bah-cho Example: Le diede un bacio. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

31. Japanese (🇯🇵) – キス (kisu) | Pronunciation: kee-soo Example: 彼は彼女にキスをした。 (“He gave her a kiss.”)
32. Javanese (🇮🇩) – ambung | Pronunciation: am-boong Example: Dheweke menehi ambung marang dheweke. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
33. Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಮುತ್ತು (mutthu) | Pronunciation: moot-too Example: ಅವನು ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಮುತ್ತು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
34. Kazakh (🇰🇿) – сүйіс | Pronunciation: soo-yees Example: Ол оған сүйіс берді. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
35. Khmer (🇰🇭) – បបូរមាត់ (babouh mat) | Pronunciation: bah-boo-mat Example: គាត់ឱ្យនាងបបូរមាត់។ (“He gave her a kiss.”)
36. Korean (🇰🇷) – 키스 (kiseu) | Pronunciation: kee-soo Example: 그는 그녀에게 키스를 했다. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
37. Kurdish (🇹🇯) – mêşk | Pronunciation: meshk Example: Ew wê mêşk da. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
38. Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – өбүү | Pronunciation: oh-boo Example: Ал ага өбүү берди. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
39. Lao (🇱🇦) – ຈູບ (choup) | Pronunciation: choob Example: ລາວໃຫ້ນາງຈູບ. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
40. Latvian (🇱🇻) – skūpsts | Pronunciation: skoopsts Example: Viņš deva viņai skūpstu. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

41. Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – bučinys | Pronunciation: boo-chee-nees Example: Jis davė jai bučinį. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
42. Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Kuss | Pronunciation: koos Example: Hien huet hir e Kuss ginn. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
43. Macedonian (🇲🇰) – бакнеж (baknezh) | Pronunciation: bahk-nez Example: Тој ѝ даде бакнеж. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
44. Malagasy (🇲🇬) – oroka | Pronunciation: oh-roh-kah Example: Nanome oroka azy izy. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
45. Malay (🇲🇾) – cium | Pronunciation: chee-oom Example: Dia memberi ciuman kepadanya. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
46. Malayalam (🇮🇳) – മുത്തം (mutham) | Pronunciation: moot-tham Example: അവൻ അവൾക്ക് ഒരു മുത്തം നൽകി. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
47. Maltese (🇲🇹) – bewsa | Pronunciation: bew-sah Example: Huwa ta lilha bewsa. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
48. Maori (🇳🇿) – kihi | Pronunciation: kee-hee Example: I hoatu e ia he kihi ki a ia. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
49. Marathi (🇮🇳) – चुंबन (chumban) | Pronunciation: choom-ban Example: त्याने तिला चुंबन दिले. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
50. Mongolian (🇲🇳) – үнсэлт (ünsel) | Pronunciation: oon-selt Example: Тэр түүнд үнсэлт өгсөн. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

51. Nepali (🇳🇵) – चुम्बन (chumban) | Pronunciation: choom-ban Example: उसले उनलाई चुम्बन दियो। (“He gave her a kiss.”)
52. Norwegian (🇳🇴) – kyss | Pronunciation: shoos Example: Han ga henne et kyss. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
53. Pashto (🇦🇫) – مچ (mach) | Pronunciation: mach Example: هغه هغې ته مچ ورکړ. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
54. Persian (🇮🇷) – بوسه (booseh) | Pronunciation: boo-seh Example: او به او بوسه داد. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
55. Polish (🇵🇱) – pocałunek | Pronunciation: po-tsa-woo-nek Example: Dał jej pocałunek. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
56. Portuguese (🇵🇹) – beijo | Pronunciation: bay-zhoo Example: Ele deu-lhe um beijo. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
57. Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਚੁੰਬਨ (chumban) | Pronunciation: choom-ban Example: ਉਸਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਚੁੰਬਨ ਦਿੱਤਾ। (“He gave her a kiss.”)
58. Quechua (🇵🇪) – muchuy | Pronunciation: moo-choo-ee Example: Paypa muchuyta ruray. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
59. Romanian (🇷🇴) – sărut | Pronunciation: sah-root Example: I-a dat un sărut. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
60. Russian (🇷🇺) – поцелуй (potseluy) | Pronunciation: pot-se-looy Example: Он подарил ей поцелуй. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

61. Samoan (🇼🇸) – sogi | Pronunciation: soh-gee Example: Na ia avatu se sogi ia te ia. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
62. Serbian (🇷🇸) – пољубац (poljubac) | Pronunciation: pol-yoo-bats Example: Дао јој је пољубац. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
63. Sesotho (🇱🇸) – aka | Pronunciation: ah-kah Example: O ile a mo aka. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
64. Shona (🇿🇼) – kusiya | Pronunciation: koo-see-yah Example: Akamupa kusiya. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
65. Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මුව දෙන්නා (muwa denna) | Pronunciation: moo-wah den-nah Example: ඔහු ඇයට මුව දෙන්නා. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
66. Slovak (🇸🇰) – bozk | Pronunciation: bozk Example: Dal jej bozk. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
67. Slovenian (🇸🇮) – poljub | Pronunciation: pol-yub Example: Dal ji je poljub. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
68. Somali (🇸🇴) – dhunkasho | Pronunciation: doon-kash-oh Example: Wuxuu siiyay dhunkasho. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
69. Spanish (🇪🇸) – beso | Pronunciation: beh-so Example: Le dio un beso. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
70. Sundanese (🇮🇩) – nyium | Pronunciation: nee-yoom Example: Anjeunna masihan nyium ka anjeunna. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

71. Swahili (🇰🇪) – busu | Pronunciation: boo-soo Example: Alimpa busu. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
72. Swedish (🇸🇪) – kyss | Pronunciation: shoos Example: Han gav henne en kyss. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
73. Tagalog (🇵🇭) – halik | Pronunciation: hah-leek Example: Binigyan niya siya ng halik. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
74. Tajik (🇹🇯) – бӯса (busa) | Pronunciation: boo-sah Example: Ӯ ба ӯ бӯса дод. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
75. Tamil (🇮🇳) – முத்தம் (muththam) | Pronunciation: moot-tham Example: அவன் அவளுக்கு முத்தம் கொடுத்தான். (“He gave her a kiss.”)
76. Tatar (🇷🇺) – үбү | Pronunciation: oo-boo Example: Ул аңа үбү бирде. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
77. Telugu (🇮🇳) – ముద్దు (muddu) | Pronunciation: mood-doo Example: అతను ఆమెకు ముద్దు ఇచ్చాడు. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
78. Thai (🇹🇭) – จูบ (joob) | Pronunciation: joob Example: เขาให้เธอจูบหนึ่งครั้ง. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
79. Turkish (🇹🇷) – öpücük | Pronunciation: oh-poo-jook Example: Ona bir öpücük verdi. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
80. Turkmen (🇹🇲) – öpüş | Pronunciation: oh-push Example: Ol oňa öpüş berdi. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

81. Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – поцілунок (potsilunok) | Pronunciation: pot-see-loo-nok Example: Він подарував їй поцілунок. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
82. Urdu (🇵🇰) – بوسہ (bosah) | Pronunciation: bo-sah Example: اس نے اسے بوسہ دیا۔ (“He gave her a kiss.”)
83. Uzbek (🇺🇿) – o‘pish | Pronunciation: oh-peesh Example: U unga o‘pish berdi. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
84. Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – nụ hôn | Pronunciation: noo-hone Example: Anh ấy tặng cô ấy một nụ hôn. (“He gave her a kiss.”)
85. Welsh (🇬🇧) – cusan | Pronunciation: koo-san Example: Rhoddodd gusan iddi hi. (“He gave her a kiss.”)

Conclusion

No matter where you go in the world, the word “kiss” always carries love, affection, and universal warmth that connects people across languages and cultures.