Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate

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Word	Definition	Language	Tags
Handschuhschneeballwerfer	A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp	German	action attribute
Rauxa	Sudden determination or action; rapture	Catalan	action strength
Mencolek	The trick when you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them	Indonesian	funny friends action
Chai-Pani	Literal: "tea and water"; the money and favors given to someone to get things done	Hindi	food action
Harkla	The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat	Swedish	action
Madrugarse	To stay up until the wee hours of the morning	Spanish	time action
Ghalidan	Rolling from side to side as lovers do	Persian	love action connection
Uitbuiken	Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''.	Dutch	food action
Shlep	To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road	Yiddish	physical action
Kalsarikänni	to get drunk (alone) at home in your underwear with no intention of going out	Finnish	funny action
Dhurna	Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid	Hindi	action persistence
Eshaku	A slight bow of around 15 degrees	Japanese	physical action
Tôpäj (төпәй)	Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling	Bashkir	action
Extrawurst	Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary	German	stress adverse action
Wei-wu-wei	"Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason.	Chinese	action life
Tima	Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it	Icelandic	thinking action
Trennungsagentur	Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up	German	action
Saucer	To mop up the sauce from your plate with a piece of bread	French	action food
Hanyauku	To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface	Rukwangali	physical action
Rire dans sa barbe	To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened	French	funny reflection action
Scrumping	Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees	English	food action
Desus	The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly	Indonesian	sound funny action
Blunda	To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.	Swedish	action
Nedoperepitj (недоперепить)	To drink more than one should have, but less than one would have wanted. To fail to drink too much.	Russian	funny action
Zechpreller	A person who leaves a restaurant without paying	German	adverse action food

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