Results: Meanings that we don't have words for
Published on 07/13/2015
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Sometimes a person from a different culture or ethnicity tries to tell you a joke, but they can't because it does not translate into English words. Well, here are 11 words that don't translate, check off the ones that you like or tickle your funny bone, or if you would like an English word for. If you are from another country or have ethnic history and have a word that does not translate, please leave it and its meaning in the comment section, thanks. Here are the words.
WALDEINSAMKEIT: German for: The feeling you get when you are alone in the woods
9%
151 votes
CUALACINO: Italian for: The mark left on the table by a cold glass
7%
116 votes
IKTSUARPOK: Inuit for: The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming
9%
150 votes
KOMOREBI: Japanese for: The sunlight that filters through the leaves of a tree
10%
165 votes
POCHEMUCHKA: Russian for: A person that asks a lot of questions
12%
207 votes
SOBREMESA: Spanish for: The time spent after lunch or dinner, talking to the people you shared the meal with
8%
132 votes
JAYUS: Indonesian for: A joke told so poorly & is so unfunny, that the only thing you can do is laugh
11%
176 votes
PANA PO'O: Hawaiian for: The act of scratching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten
10%
160 votes
DEPAYSEMENT: French for: The feeling that comes from not being in one's home country
5%
89 votes
GOYA: Urdu for: The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in good storytelling
7%
113 votes
MANGATA: Swedish for: The roadlike reflection of the moon on the water
8%
139 votes
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1101 votes
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