No language, including English, contains all of the words. While one word can express the complex feeling of “insecurity, fear, concern, and envy over a relative lack of possessions, status, or something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a comparator, a rival, or a competitor,” some other very simple concepts, such as the day after tomorrow, require multiple words.
We’ve collected a list of some of the most intriguing words from other languages that have no English equivalent 👇🏾
1. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
Meaning: a face badly in need of a fist
2. Boketto (Japanese)
Meaning: the act of gazing vacantly into the distance
3. Commuovere (Italian)
Meaning: a heartwarming story that moved you to tears
4. Estrenar (Spanish)
Meaning: the experience of wearing something for the first time
5. Gigil (Tagalog)
Meaning: a situation of such extreme cuteness it’s overwhelming,
or the irresistible urge to hug something cute
6. Hygge (Danish)
Meaning: the pleasant, genial, and intimate feeling associated with sitting around a fire in the winter with close friends
7. Kummerspeck (German)
Meaning: weight gained due to excessive eating from being sad
8. Litost (Czech)
Meaning: a state of torment created by
the sudden sight of one’s own misery
9. Meraki (Greek)
Meaning: when you leave a little bit of yourself in what you are doing
10. Pana po’o (Hawaiian)
Meaning: refers to when you scratch your head to help you
remember something you’ve forgotten
11. Razbliuto (Russian)
Meaning: the empty feeling you have for someone you once loved
If you do, you start missing everybody.” – J. D. Salinger
12. Schlemiel (Yiddish)
Meaning: an inept and clumsy person
13. Tartle (Scots)
Meaning: onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember
14. Tsundoku (Japanese)
Meaning: buying new books (or any reading material)
and letting them pile up, unread
They let you travel without moving your feet.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
15. Zhaghzhagh (Persian)
Meaning: the uncontrollable chattering of teeth, due to rage or cold
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