влажно
“влажно” (vlažno) — humid in Serbian. Adverb, level A2. From vlaga — the same word for dampness. In a live sentence: “После кише је влажно и хладно” — After the rain it is humid and cold. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters в, л, а, ж, н, о. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | влажно |
| Read in Latin letters | vlažno |
| Translation | humid |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A2 |
- влажноvlažnohumid
Why it looks that way
From vlaga — the same word for dampness.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- После кише је влажно и хладноPosle kiše je vlažno i hladnoAfter the rain it is humid and cold
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “humid” in Serbian?
«влажно», read “vlažno”. In a live sentence: “После кише је влажно и хладно” — After the rain it is humid and cold. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A2; written with the characters в, л, а, ж, н, о.
How is “влажно” written in Latin letters?
vlažno. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
From vlaga — the same word for dampness. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.