{"id":8977,"date":"2019-10-28T08:22:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinonim.hr\/?p=8977"},"modified":"2019-10-28T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:22:45","slug":"untranslatable-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinonim.hr\/en_us\/untranslatable-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t let the title fool you. \u2018Untranslatable words\u2019 is just an easier way of saying \u2018words that don\u2019t have a direct equivalent in another language\u2019. But that doesn\u2019t roll of your tongue as much.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words: Arigata-meiwaku<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Japanese<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This could be translated as unwanted kindness. Specifically, it describes a situation in which someone tries to do you a favor, despite you not wanting it, and consequently causing you additional trouble or just not helping you at all, but you are expected to express gratitude nevertheless due to social conventions. A truly Japanese word in every sense.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Sobremesa<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Spanish<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This word literally means \u2018over the table\u2019, but it signifies the period after a meal when the people sitting at the table continue to talk and enjoy each other\u2019s company. Not an important word if you have no friends.
\nSobremesa<\/em> can also mean tablecloth.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Zapoi <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Russian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This Russian word is used to express continuous drinking for several days, so much so that the person withdraws from their normal social life. Sounds fun.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Handschuhschneeballwerfer<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 German<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Used metaphorically to describe a person who acts like a coward by criticizing and attacking only from a safe distance. Literally, it means a person throwing snowballs while wearing their gloves. In both cases \u2013 a pansy.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Utepils <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Norwegian<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Everything feels much better when you have a word for what you're doing. Since utepils<\/em> means enjoying a cold beer outside on a sunny day, our non-working weekends during the bright and warm days can feel much more meaningful.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Trepverter <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Yiddish<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Another one of those words we absolutely need in our language. This one, particularly, signifies a witty comeback that you think of when it\u2019s already too late. It literally means \u2018staircase words\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0G\u00f6kotta<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Swedish<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One of those words we didn\u2019t know we need in our lives. G\u00f6kotta<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is used in Swedish to express the action of rising at dawn to listen to the birds sing. I don\u2019t like to wake up early for anything, but you go Swedes.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Gattara <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Italian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We would translate it as \u2018(crazy) cat lady\u2019, that is, a woman who owns many cats or devotedly feeds stray cats.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Gigil <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Filipino<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You know that feeling you get when you see a puppy or a baby so cute you want to pinch it? Well, that\u2019s gigil<\/em>. Now you know. It can be anything adorable, not just those two things. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Mencolek<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Indonesian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Practically everyone tried to pull this trick on their friends when they were kids, we just didn\u2019t have a name for it. The trick when you tap someone in front of you on the opposite shoulder than the one you intend to approach them from. A simple, yet effective way to humiliate your buddy.<\/p>\n

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Untranslatable Words:\u00a0Tingo \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Pascuense (Easter Island)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This one is my favorite. It means to continuously borrow stuff from a friend without returning it, until the friend is left with nothing. The fascinating thing about it is that it obviously happens so often there that they need a word for it.
\nYou know what\u2019s awful? Having to spend your money on things you want. Why not just find a friend and take their belongings? Profit.<\/p>\n

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There you go. A bunch of untranslatable words you will never use, apart from maybe saying \u2018do you know there is a word in ___ meaning____\u2019 in order to sound smarter. +100 Intelligence.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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