• Czech: objetí
• Danish: kram
• Finnish: hali, halaus
• French: étreinte
• German: Umarmung
• Italian: abbraccio
• Kurdish:
• Norwegian: klem
• Portuguese: abraço
• Romanian: îmbrăţişare
• Russian: объятие (ob"játije)
• Spanish: abrazo
• Swedish: kram

• Italian: abbracciare transitive
• Kurdish:

• CJKV Characters: 擁, 拥; 搂, 摟; 搿
• Czech: obejmout
• Danish: omfavne, kramme
• Dutch: knuffelen
• Faroese: klemma, kroysta
• Finnish: halata
• French: étreindre, serrer
• German: umarmen, drücken
• Icelandic: faðma, knúsa
• Italian: abbracciare transitive
• Japanese: だく, 抱く (daku)
• Kurdish:
• Portuguese: abraçar
• Russian: обнимать , обнять
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlac
• Spanish: abrazar
• Swedish: krama, omfamna

See also

• cuddle
• huggle
• kiss
• snuggle
• squeeze

Anagrams

• ugh

Danish

Noun

hug

1. cut

Faroese

Noun

hug

• Indefinite accusative singular of hugur

1. thought, sense, spirit
2. desire, interest

A hug is a form of physical intimacy that generally involves closing or holding the arms around another person or group of persons. The hug is one of the most common human signs of love and affection, along with kissing. Unlike some other forms of physical intimacy, it is practiced publicly and privately without stigma in many nations, religions and cultures, within families, and also across age and gender lines.

Sometimes, hugs are a romantic exchange. A hug may also be exchanged as a sign of support and comfort. A hug can be a demonstration of affection and emotional warmth, sometimes arising out of joy or happiness at meeting someone.

Brief in most cases, it is used to show many levels of affection. It is not particular to human beings alone, as there are many species of animals that engage in similar exchanges of warmth.

A prolonged hugging in a cozy, comfortable position is also called cuddling.

Spooning is a cuddling position, a kind of hugging when both the hugger and the hugged persons face the same direction, i.e., the front of one person is in contact with the back of the second one.

See also

• Bear hug
• Pound hug
• Hugs and Kisses
• Free Hugs Campaign
• Kiss
• Grope
• Tree hugging

References

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