Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate

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Word	Definition	Language	Tags
Beau geste	A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance	French	action
Gongoozler	A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate.	English	action nature
Voetstoots	A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees	Afrikaans	action
Hanyauku	To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface	Rukwangali	physical action
Umij se	Splash water on your face	Serbian	physical action
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
Tôpäj (төпәй)	Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling	Bashkir	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
Tôpäj (төпәй)	Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling	Bashkir	action
Handschuhschneeballwerfer	A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp	German	action attribute
Rire dans sa barbe	To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened	French	funny reflection action
Tsuji-giri	To try out a new sword on a passer-by	Japanese	action violence
Fensterln	To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her	German	love action persistence
Madrugarse	To stay up until the wee hours of the morning	Spanish	time action
Stushevatsya	To fade into the background	Russian	action
Desus	The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly	Indonesian	sound funny action
Zugzwang	To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage	German	action interaction philosophy
Scrumping	Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees	English	food action
Abquatulate	To leave without saying goodbye	English	action
Blunda	To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.	Swedish	action
Vprikusku	Drinking tea through pieces of sugar	Russian	food action
Rauxa	Sudden determination or action; rapture	Catalan	action strength
Kalsarikänni	to get drunk (alone) at home in your underwear with no intention of going out	Finnish	funny action
Verschlimmbessern	Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it	German	action
Chantepleurer	Singng and crying simultaneously	French	action

Word

Definition

Language

Tags

Audio

Beau geste

A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance

French

action

Gongoozler

A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate.

English

action nature

Voetstoots

A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees

Afrikaans

action

Hanyauku

To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface

Rukwangali

physical action

Umij se

Splash water on your face

Serbian

physical action

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

Tôpäj (төпәй)

Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling

Bashkir

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

Tôpäj (төпәй)

Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling

Bashkir

action

Handschuhschneeballwerfer

A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp

German

action attribute

Rire dans sa barbe

To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened

French

funny reflection action

Tsuji-giri

To try out a new sword on a passer-by

Japanese

action violence

Fensterln

To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her

German

love action persistence

Madrugarse

To stay up until the wee hours of the morning

Spanish

time action

Stushevatsya

To fade into the background

Russian

action

Desus

The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly

Indonesian

sound funny action

Zugzwang

To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage

German

action interaction philosophy

Scrumping

Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees

English

food action

Abquatulate

To leave without saying goodbye

English

action

Blunda

To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.

Swedish

action

Vprikusku

Drinking tea through pieces of sugar

Russian

food action

Rauxa

Sudden determination or action; rapture

Catalan

action strength

Kalsarikänni

to get drunk (alone) at home in your underwear with no intention of going out

Finnish

funny action

Verschlimmbessern

Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it

German

action

Chantepleurer

Singng and crying simultaneously

French

action

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