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lämmetä — meaning in English

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English meaning

warm adj Having a moderately high, usually pleasant, temperature.

Senses

lämmetä is used for these senses in English:

warm (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
warm up (intransitive, transitive) To reach, or cause to reach, a normal operating temperature (of a car for example).

warm — full definition

adj Having a moderately high, usually pleasant, temperature.
adj Friendly, affectionate, or kind in manner.
adj Close to finding or guessing something correctly, in a game or search.
verb To raise the temperature of something, or to become less cold.
verb To grow fonder of or more enthusiastic about someone or something over time.

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C2 · Advanced serendipity Fortunate discoveries made entirely by accident.

Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

C2 · Advanced serendipity Fortunate discoveries made entirely by accident.

Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

Related Finnish words

lämmin lämpöinen palava lämmittää lämmitellä verrytellä lämmittely verryttely