Does Not Translate – Words that don't translate to other languages - Does Not Translate

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Sturmfrei·When all the people you live with are gone for a while and you have the whole place to yourself.

German By Dios5

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verschlimmbessern·To make something worse in an attempt to improve it.

German By DrDaxxy

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Gyakugire·Getting mad at somebody because they got mad at you for something you did.

Japanese By cardinal724

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Halva inne·Halfway inside, figure of speech when getting closer to a woman.

Swedish By Gustovich

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Disputed -ish·Ish - a suffix that softens the exactness of an adjective.

English By Dios5

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Sankocha·The feeling of embarrassment due to receiving an inordinately and perhaps inappropriately large or extravagant gift or favor, that makes you feel obliged to return the favor when you can’t.

Kannada By govigov03

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Empalagado·The feeling you get when you eat a lot of sweets and you don’t want more sugar. You’re not full, just “empalagado”.

Spanish By eddypc07

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Disputed Paragrafryttare (lit: article rider)·A person who follows written rules to such a degree that they're seen as rigid and inflexible.

Swedish By kazarnowicz

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Disputed Friolenta·A woman who is prone to get cold really really easily.

Spanish By PM_ME_YOUR_BEST_IMG

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Desencuentro·Failure to meet up: a single word expressing a failure of a group to coordinate and execute a meeting.

Spanish By senorrawr

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Kuckuckskind·(noun) Literally cuckoo's child: A child who is not raised by their biological father, but is raised by another man who (wrongly) assumes he is the biological father.

German By wolfiemann

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Охаметь·To start behaving oneself as to resemble Ham, son of Noah. Means being rude or ignoring social norms.

Russian By takemyphoto

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Xanèa·An arch that connects two houses and that passes under inhabited rooms.

Sicilian By alessiopar

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ยัง (yang)·Not yet. Simple, used constantly, but no one-word equivalent in English.

Thai By HeyKidItsDad

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Disputed Estrenar·To use something new for the first time.

Spanish By CamilorozoCADC

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Disputed Mutterstecher·A job title.

German By kink0

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闇討ち yamiuchi·To sneak-attack someone in the dark.

Japanese By JohnFinnsWife

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inat·Irrational stubborness to spite someone.

Serbo-Croatian By MyLaif

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后怕 hòupà·Fear after the event, delayed fear.

Chinese By 45minute

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Disputed Auf Kippe·The state of a die that doesn't end up flat on a surface and is usually rerolled.

German By Dios5

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Joie de vivre·A delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.

French By Kosmozoan

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Fina’gui·To be visited by a spirit.

Chamorro By ipodpron

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Cornuto·To have horns, meaning that you (or a particular person) has been cheated on by their spouse or significant other.

Italian/Sicilian By mynameismarco

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Bok caau [搏炒]·To try to get fired from work.

Cantonese By logoutandgoaway

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Hacer un paro·Literal translation make a strike, real meaning is make a favor.

Spanish By bokudoku

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Rickrolling·Tricking people into listening to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up instead of the content that they expected to see.

English By babs99

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Po·A word that has no meaning on its own, it's simply added to make a sentence more polite-sounding.

Filipino By Couryielle

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Disputed Pocket table tennis·To play with your genitals through your pocket.

Swedish By dojdoj1

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Lögreður (a lawful penis)·The legally acceptable minimum penis size as a grounds for divorce.

Icelandic By Skrattinn

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تسليك·When someone speaks to you and you just act like you're so interested in what the person is saying even though it's plainly obvious that you aren't.

Arabic By theaziz2001

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