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Dygna·To stay awake for twenty-four hours.

Swedish

को ‎(ko)·Accusative Preposition.

Hindi

Pagko, Mafül, Rofül·Three words for different kinds of hugs.

Mapuzugun

Aja·Mainly used for nodding, show surprise.

Spanish

反射弧绕地球两圈 (fan3 she4 gu1 rao4 di4 qiu2 liang3 quan1) When someone makes a comment and it takes you forever to get it. Literally·The nerve reflex impulse (reflex arc) took two orbits around the earth.

Mandarin

Mahay·To be good at something, to excel (at something specific).

Malagasy

(Slang) Jones·To be so unsuccessful with love that it's as if s/he's destined to be single forever.

Indonesian

أحا·To show an objection to something.

Egyptian Arabic

Moa·Short word to make it easier for your interlocutor to contradict you.

Malagasy

Nojoda·Exclamation of anger, protest, indignation, astonishment or exhortation.

Spanish

소복소복 (soboksobok)·An ideophone that represents the sound and visuals of something light falling and piling up into a small heap.

Korean

Edgelord·A person who affects a provocative or extreme persona, especially online.

English

أدخل ف‍سوق راسك·Adkhul f-Souk Rassek.

Moroccan Arabic

Pariban·(If you're a man), women with the same surname as your mother. (If you're a women), men whose mothers' surname is the same as yours. Has an added implication of being the best pairings for marriage.

Batak Toba

ampiyas, anggí·When rain enters through an open window or door.

Tagalog

Cadel·A speech impediment in which you can't spell your [r] and instead spelt it as [l].

Indonesian

Сглазить·To give an evil eye (to someone).

Russian

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

Swedish

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

Swedish

Disputed Vergüenza ajena·When you're ashamed not because of your own actions but by somebody else's actions.

Spanish

Myrornas krig (lit. the war of the ants)·The b/w noise shown on an analog TV set when not tuned into a channel.

Swedish

Podes tirar o cavalinho da chuva·You can take the little horse out of the rain.

Portuguese

झूठा (Jhootha) (adj.)·Food that has already been tasted by someone.

Hindi

Tambien / Tampoco·( Too, Neither ).

Spanish

Un traquenard·A situation that sounds like funny business, a trap of some sort.

French

Küszöbgörcs (lit. threshold-cramp)·The inability to leave already.

Hungarian

Un Gloubi-Boulga·An unintelligible babbling or incoherent speech.

French

Kråkfötter (lit. crow’s feet)·Sloppy, hard-to-read handwriting.

Swedish

Disputed Preum’s !·Used at the end of a long car ride to determine who will go to the bathroom first.

French

tall·Of great or above average height.

English