Butter up in Hebrew is הֶחְמִיא (heẖmí).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
הֶחְמִיא
heẖmí
verb
In English
butter up
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for butter up as a verb.
to flatter
- הֶחְמִיאהחמיאheẖmí
This is more about the Hebrew word הֶחְמִיא.
- Written with vowel points
- הֶחְמִיא
- Written without vowel points
- החמיא
- Said
- heẖmí
- Its meanings in English
- butter up, to compliment, butter up
These English words share a Hebrew word with butter up.
These words come before and after butter up in the list.
These are the questions people ask about butter up in Hebrew.
How do you say butter up in Hebrew?
butter up in Hebrew is הֶחְמִיא, said heẖmí. Without vowel points it is written החמיא.
What else does החמיא mean in English?
Besides butter up, החמיא can mean to compliment, butter up.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry butter up and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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