44 Spanish Words That Don't Translate - Does Not Translate

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Empalagarse·To eat so much of a sweet food you can't stand it anymore.

Hojarasca·The carpet of dead, fallen leafs on a forest floor.

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

Escanciar·To pour cider from a height.

Escampar·To stop raining.

Pagafantas·A guy who is trying to hook up with a girl, who ignores him, paying for her every whim.

Alharaca·To overexaggerate an emotion for something pointless.

Pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo·Thinking about the immortality of the crab.

Madrugada·The period between 'late at night' and 'early in the morning'.

Mamporrero·Name of a job. Person who guides horse's penis during intercourse with the mare, and only with horses.

A·Used when the direct object is a person or animal.

Duende·The thing in art that moves us.

Desvelarse·Unable to sleep or to be sleep deprived.

Ajeno·Of, pertaining to, or belonging to other people; foreign to; alien.

Tocayo·Someone who shares your first name.

Tener los huevos de corbata·To be filled with fear - When your balls retract so much (because of fear) that they reach your neck and you can wear them as a tie.

Paluego·A tiny bit of food that's stuck between your teeth that you fish out with your tongue and eat afterwards.

Soler·Handy short verb to indicate 'to usually do'.

Chest-onality·Having large, shapely breasts as compensation for having a defective personality.

Tutear·To address someone informally, in the tú form.

Pesado/a·(lit. Heavy)- An unpleasant person that thinks is better than you.

Estar de Rodríguez·For a married man to be left home for a few days, just like when they were single.

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”.

encebollado·Cooked with onions.

sinpa·Leaving an establishment without paying.

Apapachar·To caress someone to show affection.

Te quiero·I love you but not quite.

Indiano·Lit. 'Indiesman,' a colonial Spaniard who traveled to the Spanish properties in the Americas (often the West Indies), made their fortune (usually at the expense of the colonized people), and came back home very wealthy. Typically proceeded to display this wealth ostentatiously.

Acercar·To move something/someone closer.

Zarpear (v.)·To splash with mud.