Untranslatable word of the day:
🇵🇹 Saudade
A Portuguese word describing a deep emotional longing for something or someone you may never experience again — tinged with the knowledge that it might be gone forever.
It's sadness, nostalgia, and love all braided together.
No English word comes close.
#Portuguese #Linguistics #LanguageLearning #Untranslatable #Polyglot
Untranslatable word of the day:
🇬🇪 Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) — Georgian
"I accidentally ate the whole thing."
It's not "I overate." It's specifically the experience of eating something while not paying attention and suddenly realising it's all gone.
Georgian is a linguistic treasure chest.
#Georgian #LanguageLearning #Linguistics #Untranslatable #Polyglot
Untranslatable word of the day:
🇩🇪 Waldeinsamkeit
The feeling of peaceful solitude and connectedness to nature when you're alone in the forest.
German has an extraordinary ability to compress entire emotional landscapes into a single compound word. This one might be my favourite.
#German #DeutschLernen #LanguageLearning #Linguistics #Untranslatable
Comment chantent les astronautes? "Alunissons!"
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691138701/dictionary-of-untranslatables?srsltid=AfmBOophKSe8XergbxhsYJjPbaiOD5n5SLMeuxeK-t_-83lf5qzhm-q- hopscotching my way through this compendium of words and concepts worthy of reflection #untranslatable #translation #criticalthinking
#PolishForForeigners meets #untranslatable
"Ustawny" as in is an adjective that describes a room that is easy to arrange furniture in.
Do you know any other language this word exists?
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We hope you will tune in
switching the studio on #earthworks and #untranslatable
- En garde-manger !
- Sel et Rat, hors de mon chemin !
- Sur mon eau de vie, tu ne passeras pas !
- C'est ce qu'on va voir, gare à tes pâtes !
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- Bread yourself!, en garde!
- Step aside, rice-call!
- You'll never pasta me, I'll box you right there!
- Can you do it? Halva you!
What an excellent initiative!
The first multilingual urban dictionary
Untranslatable is an online dictionary that allows people to add words and expressions
https://untranslatable.co/pages/explore
Ik besef vanochtend weer hoeveel genoeg ik in mijn leven heb gebouwd. Gewoontes die anderen luxer doen (washand ipv douche, altijd zelf ontbijt maken...) maar waar ik een heel fijn leven mee heb. Zoveel genoeg zaken die me ruim voldoende genoegen geven. Of moet ik dan genoegens zeggen?
Het leven voelt iig heel 🥰 aan.
#untranslatable #enoughisenough #enough
Sprezzatura = "I woke up this way."🤣
Sobremesa = "Siesta culture personified." The stateside workplace equivalent: 'What happens when the boss takes the team out for a long lunch, usually on a Friday."😉
Wabi-sabi = "You break it, you buy it ... but then you put it back together again."😉 Also, wabi-sabi = "Zero waste before it was a thing ... but make it beautiful."🤣
Sisu = "Standing in line at the DMV."😂
#humor #untranslatable #words #language #foreignlanguage #culture #writing
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28 Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language: The Power & Beauty of Untranslatable Words | Princely H. Glorious: https://medium.com/swap-language/28-words-that-dont-exist-in-english-you-ll-wish-they-did-e200ef1c3ae2.
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Ok, I know it's never this simple, but I always love these lists. What's your favorite "Word with no English equivalent?"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/17-words-with-no-english-equivalent
This is the coolest thread!
Who else belongs to my tribe of Tsundoku?
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1630580710208688129?s=20
The settlers thought that signing the Agreement would put an end to their fears of subjugation from the Elastic Cave-Giants.
Turns out that the Squishies, as they call themselves, were more afraid of the settlers and their dreaded "bones".
This explains some parts of the Agreement, such as the "Settlers are hereby forbidden from having boners in presence of the squishies".
#Signature #Cavemen #Agreement #elastic #soft #boner #pun #untranslatable #settlers
