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Translation

warm

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Examples

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The water is warm.

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The weather turned warm after the rain.

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We received a warm welcome in the village.

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Wear warm clothing, because the night will be cold.

is .

The sun warmed the ground.

If you want one word to demonstrate what Esperanto's affixes actually buy you, this is it. alone yields cold, hot, a lukewarm, i to heat something, i to warm up by itself, o warmth as a quality, and warmth as a thing. Seven words, one root, no memorisation. The figurative sense carries too - is a warm welcome exactly as in English - and does duty for warmly in both the physical and the friendly sense.

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Word family

Words built on varma with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • malvarmaadjective

    cold

    mal-varma

  • varmegaadjective

    boiling hot, scorching

    varma-eg-

  • varmetaadjective

    lukewarm, warmish

    varma-et-: a little warm

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 2: varma, utila, amaso and 7 more words.