Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate

Eunoia

Words That Don't Translate

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Word	Definition	Language	Tags
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
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις)	Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay	Greek	action
Rire dans sa barbe	To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened	French	funny reflection action
Erklärungsnot	The state of having to quickly explain yourself	German	action stress
Verschlimmbessern	Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it	German	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
Stushevatsya	To fade into the background	Russian	action
Vprikusku	Drinking tea through pieces of sugar	Russian	food action
Voetstoots	A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees	Afrikaans	action
Donaldkacsázás	Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers	Hungarian	funny action
Madrugarse	To stay up until the wee hours of the morning	Spanish	time action
Desus	The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly	Indonesian	sound funny action
Pekopeko	Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner	Japanese	physical 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
Umij se	Splash water on your face	Serbian	physical action
Crapoter	verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette.	French	health action society
Handschuhschneeballwerfer	A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp	German	action attribute
Blunda	To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.	Swedish	action
Trennungsagentur	Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up	German	action
Vybafnout	To jump out and say "boo"	Czech	action funny surprise
Tachiyomi	To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it	Japanese	society funny action
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
Guddle	To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank	Scottish	action nature
Dhurna	Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid	Hindi	action persistence
Tôpäj (төпәй)	Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling	Bashkir	action

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