“Verão” And Other Summer Words From Around The World

As summer drags on in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather is really starting to get hot (or caluroso if you speak a little Spanish). These sizzling temperatures have inspired us to ask what other cool words are used to say “summer” and “hot” in different languages around the world. 

Listed below are just some of the many different ways to say these two words, with an accompanying Latinization for the languages that don’t use a Latin alphabet. 

English

summer
hot

Spanish

summer: verano
hot: caliente or caluroso/calurosa

Portuguese

summer: verão
hot: quente

French

summer: été
hot: chaud/chaude

Italian

summer: estate
hot: caldo/calda

German

summer: Sommer
hot: heiß

Mandarin Chinese

summer: 夏天 (Xiàtiān)
hot: 热 ()

Japanese

summer: 夏 (natsu)
hot: 暑い (atsui)

Korean

summer: 여름 (yeoleum)
hot: 덥다 (deobda)

Standard Arabic 

summer: صيف (sayf)
hot: حار (har)

Turkish

summer: yaz
hot: sicak

Hindi

summer: गर्मी (garmi; roughly translates to “heat” or “hot months.”)
hot: गरम (garam)

Russian

summer: лето (leto)
hot: жа́ркий (žárkij

Thai

summer: หน้าร้อน (nâa rón)
hot: ร้อน (rón)

Swahili

summer: majira ya joto
hot: moto

Tsalagi (Cherokee)

summer: gogi
hot: ᎤᏗᎴᎦ udilega

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