You check her forehead with your palm and her temperature is high. What do you say?

Question

Do you say "it burns", "it is burning", "it's hot", "she's burning", or "she's hot" when you notify another person about it? I want to avoid to refer to the word "temperature".

Answer 1

You could say it's hot/burning only if you had already mentioned her forehead, so that it was clear that it meant her forehead. Otherwise she's hot/burning.

I wouldn't use burning unless her temperature was really high.

The way I would almost always say this is she's got a temperature. That's the idiom in my (British) English.

Answer 2

If you are face to face with a sick person and you suspect she may have a high temperature, you can say

You're hot
You feel hot
You've got a fever
You're burning (when the person's distress is obvious even by looking.)

If you are reporting someone's high temperature then simply change the subject pronoun "you" to their preferred pronoun: "she", "he" or "they".

Her forehead is very hot
He/she/they must have a fever
She's feverish (suggested by @Kate Bunting)

It is best to avoid using "it's hot/burning" unless you're referring to a sick animal or food that is currently being burnt.