English → Latin
“blush” in Latin
ērubēscōto redden; to blush (with shame); to be ashamed, embarrassedpudorA sense of shame; shamefacedness, shyness; ignominy, disgrace; humiliation; Modesty, decency, propriety, scrupulousness,offundōto pour or spread over, out, down etc.rubeōto be red or ruddy; to be blushing (as a sign of shame, modesty, or joy)rubēscōto grow or turn red, redden; to blush, reddenfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to ruborredness; blush; modestyfulgorlightning; flash, glitter, gleam, brightness, splendourēliciōto draw or pull out or forth; to entice, elicit, coax; to conjure, summon (a spirit, god, etc.)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blush
turn red, erubescere, pudore or rubore suffundi, rubor mihi suffunditur or offunditur.
Be red, rubere. To blush at one’s own praises, pudore affici ex sua laude. I need not blush, if, etc., non est res, qua erubescam, si, etc. They blush at their origin, origine sua erubescunt.
FIG., rubere, rubescere; fulgere.
blush
rubor. To put to the blush, ruborem alicui afferre, elicere; alicui pudorem iucutere.
FIG., rubor, fulgor.
At first blush, prima specie or fironte, aspectu primo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blush?
- The usual Latin words for “blush” are ērubēscō, pudor, offundō; also rubeō, rubēscō, fulgeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.