Eunoia

Words That Don't Translate

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Aeipathy A continued passion; an unyielding disease English persistence
Guān xì (關係) Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. Chinese society friends
Tima Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it Icelandic thinking action
Ciğerparem Describe love to someone who is in the deepest part of his/her heart; refers to someone that you love as much as your own body. Turkish love connection
Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off Russian character society
Mencomot Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. Indonesian action funny
Jia You (加油) Literally translated to mean "add oil", Jia You means something along the lines of "give'er hell", used in the same way "good luck" is often applied in English Chinese strength interaction
Koi No Yokan The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. Japanese love
Redamancy The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full English love emotion
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Sphallolalia Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. English love life
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". Tagalog action
Fisselig Being flustered to the point of incompetence German stress
Warmduscher Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone German funny attribute growth
Pekopeko Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner Japanese physical action
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Oxymoron Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction English attribute confusion
Didis To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night Indonesian physical adverse
Pantoffelheld Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife German family interaction
Tuerto A man with only one eye Spanish physical
Lagom Not too much and not too little Swedish measurement
Aşermek The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant Turkish food
Viitsima To overcome laziness as the last or only obstacle to do something. Estonian persistence strength
Boketto (ぼけっと) gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). Japanese
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
Shibui Old school cool Japanese attribute
Arigata-meiwaku When someone does something for you that you didn’t want them to do, and having to express gratitude for the act Japanese interaction
Ignōrāmus Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). Latin philosophy growth
Nakakapag pabagabag Something that brings about excessive anxiety or restlessness for a period of time; something that is making you nervous Tagalog stress feeling awareness
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling




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