Phrase guide

lose one's virginity

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have sexual intercourse for the first time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կուսությունը կորցնել (kusutʻyunə korcʻnel) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失去童貞 /失去童贞 (shīqù tóngzhēn) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失身 (shīshēn) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Finnish: menettää neitsyytensä — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • French: perdre sa virginité — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • German: seine/ihre Jungfräulichkeit verlieren — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Japanese: 処女を失う (shojo o ushinau) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Japanese: 女になる (onna ni naru) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Japanese: 童貞を失う (dōtei o ushinau) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Polish: tracić dziewictwo — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Polish: stracić dziewictwo — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Russian: потеря́ть де́вственность (poterjátʹ dévstvennostʹ) — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: debutar — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Spanish: perder la virginidad — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • Swedish: förlora sin oskuld — to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse