20 Words That Mean Nothing In English, But Mean So Much In Other Languages
by N/A, 10 years ago |
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So often we feel emotions that we just can't express in words, that's where these come in.
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1. Shlimazl (Yiddish)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/3f6c0977a0ca9a9a5f0e23bcfe66745f.jpeg)
2. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/e89d842ae3daea8bff3b370670ac3a59.jpeg)
3. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/e12346717d80426391fc942ce03ff1a9.jpeg)
4. Fernweh (German)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/4bc03c24b7b01b07869c0d45f5bc2a14.jpeg)
5. Pochemuchka (Russia)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/8fe3ddc83e056985c4c0a45ece1755c9.jpeg)
6. Gattara (Italian)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/0e0849d76f7208a6771915914102148c.jpeg)
7. Prozvonit (Czech)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/bce8aea734f6f348280add3398bd18d2.jpeg)
8. Friolero (Spanish)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/7dc0b35a1088c419234d7961653e6db6.jpeg)
9. Rire dans sa barbe (French)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/8550626b5062d8d5d131afbc20421e9e.jpeg)
10. Utepils (Norwegian)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/68019abef8b0775bc2c146c61b9f86f7.jpeg)
11. Tingo (Pascuense)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/22bd211f5f59b584b20f47dc4c7660a2.jpeg)
12. Culaccino (Italian)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/a993fb58a097375b5cc51c4dc78d4026.jpeg)
13. Kyoikumama (Japanese)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/1b8eb6153ec822608873559d868f0e9e.jpeg)
14. Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/b9064cadde71854e19e98960449bd00c.jpeg)
15. Won (Korea)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/ab061e63cf8f92e85192e2ad7d40263e.jpeg)
16. Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/ca0489eced7f85b07d658014b30ac4b4.jpeg)
17. Age-otori (Japanese)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/c13474382d5db256059f98e36a9e1ce4.jpeg)
18. Wabi-sabi (Japanese)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/94b1207bf832341dea38ea8e7ade683c.jpeg)
19. Schadenfreude (German)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/5dbba2ece66a07000df05890ec8ef04d.jpeg)
20. Ilunga (Tshiluba)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sifts.spartzinc.com/images/d2b9e0bb82c4c9afbfbc7fed4e6c24e8.jpeg)
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