Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.
Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions.
Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.
Bakku-shan: (Japanese) A beautiful girl, as long as she's being viewed from behind.
Espirit d'escalier: (French) When you think of the perfect verbal comeback much too late.
Mamihlapinatapai: (Yaghan) A look between two people that suggests an unspoken, shared desire.
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
5 comments:
a lot of these were in eat, pray, love!! :)
was that book good? i've heard alot of bad things about it.
is there a word in another language for "i cant wait to come home and have picnics at museums and sew clothes and make lamb feasts with you" ?
Very cool! I have thought about some of those many times! New follower :)
i'm still not done reading it (haven't really been reading recently).
i really like it because she travels a lot and it's like living vicariously through her. it's also interesting because she's so.. human. but don't watch the movie, it's terrible.
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