have sex

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

have sex (third-person singular simple present has sex, present participle having sex, simple past and past participle had sex)

To engage in sex.
To engage in any sexual act.
Two Eagles fans were arrested for having sex in the restroom stall.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:copulate

Translations

to engage in sex — see copulate

take part in a sexual act

Albanian: bëj seks
Armenian: սեքսով զբաղվել (sekʻsov zbaġvel), լկստվել (hy) (lkstvel) (euphemistic)
Belarusian: займа́цца сэ́ксам impf (zajmácca séksam), займа́цца каха́ннем impf (zajmácca kaxánnjem)
Bulgarian: правя секс (pravja seks)
Burmese: လိင်ဆက်ဆံ (my) (linghcakhcam)
Catalan: fer l'amor
Chinese:
Cantonese: 扑嘢 (bok¹ je⁵), 做愛 / 做爱 (zou⁶ oi³), 行房 (hang⁴ fong⁴)

Mandarin: 做愛 / 做爱 (zh) (zuò'ài), 性交 (zh) (xìngjiāo), 行房 (zh) (xíngfáng)
Czech: souložit (cs)
Danish: ha sex, dyrke sex
Dutch: seks hebben, vrijen (nl), neuken (nl)
Esperanto: seksumi (eo)
Estonian: seksima
Finnish: rakastella (fi)
French: avoir des relations sexuelles, baiser (fr), faire l'amour (fr)
Georgian: სექსის ქონა (seksis kona)
German: Sex haben
Greek: κάνω σεξ (káno sex), συνουσιάζομαι (el) (synousiázomai), συνευρίσκομαι (el) (synevrískomai)
Ancient: συνουσιάζω (sunousiázō)
Hindi: मैथुन करना (maithun karnā), संभोग करना (sambhog karnā)
Hungarian: szexel (hu), szeretkezik (hu), szerelmeskedik (hu), közösül (hu)
Icelandic: sofa saman, stunda kynlíf, rekkja með, njóta ásta, hafa kynferðislegt samræði, njóta kynferðislegs samræðis
Italian: fare sesso, fare l'amore (it)
Jamaican Creole: jook
Japanese: はめ倒す (hametaosu), 嵌める (ja) (はめる, hameru), セックスをする (sekkusu o suru), 性交する (ja) (せいこうする, seikō suru), エッチする (ja) (etchi suru)
Khmer: រួមភេទ (ruəm pheit)
Korean: 성교하다 (ko) (seonggyohada), 섹스하다 (sekseuhada)
Lao: ຮ່ວມເພດ (hūam phēt)
Latin: concumbō, coeō
Macedonian: има секс (ima seks)
Malay: berasmara, bersenggama, bersanggama, beramput
Maori: pororua
Marathi: संभोग करणे (sambhog karṇe), सेक्स करणे (seksa karṇe)
Mongolian: хурьцах (mn) (xurʹcax)
Nepali: चिक्नु (ciknu)
Norwegian: ligge sammen, ha sex, samleie (no)
Persian: همبستر شدن (ham-bastar šodan)
Polish: uprawiać seks
Portuguese: transar (pt) (Brazil), fazer sexo (pt), fazer amor (pt)
Romanian: face sex
Russian: занима́ться се́ксом impf (zanimátʹsja sɛ́ksom), заня́ться се́ксом pf (zanjátʹsja sɛ́ksom), занима́ться любо́вью impf (zanimátʹsja ljubóvʹju), заня́ться любо́вью pf (zanjátʹsja ljubóvʹju), сноша́ться (ru) impf (snošátʹsja), совокупля́ться (ru) impf (sovokupljátʹsja)
Sanskrit: यभति (sa) (yabhati)
Scots: hae houghmagandie
Serbo-Croatian: imati seks, имати секс
Slovak: sexovať, súložiť impf
Slovene: séksati (sl)
Spanish: tener sexo, hacer el amor (es)
Swedish: ha sex
Thai: มีเพศสัมพันธ์ (mii pêet sǎm-pan), ประเวณี (th) (bprà-wee-nii), หลับนอน (làp-nɔɔn), ร่วมเพศ (th) (rûuam-pêet)
Turkish: seks yapmak (tr), sikişmek (tr)
Ukrainian: займа́тися се́ксом impf (zajmátysja séksom), займа́тися коха́нням impf (zajmátysja koxánnjam), зляга́тися impf (zljahátysja)
Urdu: میتھن کرنا (maithun karnā)
Vietnamese: giao cấu (vi), làm tình (vi)
Zazaki: seks kerden