Eunoia

Words That Don't Translate

Eunoia was built in 24h by Steph. Search 700+ untranslatable words by 80+ languages and 60+ tags, or click refresh to see a new batch. Enjoy!


Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Eesome Pleasing to the eye English beauty
Wanderlust A strong desire to travel German travel adventure
Volta During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street Greek time physical nature
Schnapsidee An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober German thinking change
Aesthete Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature English art beauty
Resfeber Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. Swedish travel physical
Sortable adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." French friends interaction society
Frostbeule Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") German attribute friends
Konfliktfähigkeit the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. German growth
Livsnjutare Someone who loves life deeply Swedish love life beauty
Mechaye Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. Yiddish positive
Fanaa (فناء) Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t Urdu fate love
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Ḥôjônsô (һөйөнсө) Good news for which a reward is given Bashkir positive event
Donaldkacsázás Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers Hungarian funny action
Tampo Behaviour in which a person withdraws his or her affection or cheerfulness from a person who has hurt his or her feelings; when you're disappointed with someone yet do not express it directly Tagalog adverse emotion
Rashk-e-Qamar Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty Urdu beauty
Muskelkater Charley horse ("muscle cat") German physical
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends
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
Rückkehrunruhe The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. German awareness time
Gulugulu The sound of a pitcher filling with water Tulu physical sound
Consuegro Father in law of your son Spanish family
Chutzpah Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior Yiddish extreme
Luscofusco Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun Galician physical beauty
Koi No Yokan The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. Japanese love
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama Yiddish extreme interaction
Töörõõm work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. Estonian work feeling
Filotimo A friend of honour, but it also implies dignity, pride, sacrifice and respect Greek character friends
sobremesa After-dinner conversation Spanish food friends




If you like Eunoia, you might like some of my other projects...


PS: You might notice above that I launched 12 scholarships in 12 months last year, raising $13450. You can follow the instructions in this guide, if you'd like to create a scholarship of your own.







Integral Labs Inc.