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Ganas·Desire or want to do something, you can have ganas or simply not have any more ganas.

Spanish

Bus-aw·Uncontrolled small drips of urine, frequent urination and or an instense urge to urinate caused by peeing on fire and sitting on a hot surface.

Cebuano

Saudade·Saudade is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for something or someone that one cares for and/or loves.

Portugese

verenden (v.), of animals·To die a slow and agonizing death.

German

Borgne·(n.) a one-eyed person; (adj.) one-eyed.

French

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

English

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

Spanish

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

Spanish

Fucha/Fuszka·Job, mostly outside of law system.

Polish

Fredagsfika·A bigger fika served at many companies especially on Fridays.

Swedish

उखाड़ लेगा·Ukkhad lega.

Hindi

Disputed Petrichor·A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

English

Berdraymin·Someone who sees the future in dreams.

Icelandic

Trivelig·Something which creates well-being.

Norwegian

Disputed Contrarian·Someone who feels the need to disagree with everything for the sake of disagreeing.

English

akimbo·In a body posture where both hands are placed on the hips.

English

Rävsova (lit. to fox-sleep)·To pretend to sleep.

Swedish

상견래·Parents of the new bride and groom meet to discuss the marriage and other things.

Korean

Tentslet·A girl who sleeps with every guy in a tent.

Dutch

толераст·A derogatory word for a person who allegedly believes in toleration and acceptance of behavior of minorities at all cost, no matter how harmful, dangerous, stupid, immoral or crazy their behavior is.

Russian

Past it·Too old to do something or to be useful.

English

раздежда·Clothes that make a person wearing them look nudier than without them.

Russian

Nesh·'unusually susceptible to cold weather'.

English

Rocío·The droplets of water that you can find over plants, dirt, spiderwebs etc. in the morning after a cold night.

Spanish

Baklayı ağzından çıkarmak·In English meaning Let the cat out of the bag.

Turkish

Hov·A multitool for expressing surprise.

Danish

Tap Dancer·Top floor of a high rise flat.

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

French

Rige·An all-catch term for a kingdom/empire/realm and more (of a sorts).

Danish

– eating yourself hungry. Basically, the act of eating so slow and one after the other, that there’s more time inbetween to get hungrier than there is food to be full·Eating yourself hungry. Basically, the act of eating so slow and one after the other, that there's more time inbetween to get hungrier than there is food to be full.

German