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Another (much longer!) list: 203 Most Beautiful Untranslatable Words (The Ultimate List: A-Z): https://www.theintrepidguide.com/untranslatable-words-ultimate-list/. Some of these are quite beautiful, profound, poignant, &/or humorous.
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CW: Minor "language."
Jamani = "An exclamation + a head nod rolled into a single word."
Ilunga = "Fool me once, fool me twice, but fool me three times, & your fool @$$ is on ice."🤣
Desenrascanço = "FUBAR but with a surprise escape hatch."
Shouganai = "It is what it is, so just deal."😂
Forelsket = "The honeymoon phase of dating or a relationship."
Yaani = "Ça veut dire...Bah, ouais."🤣
Gigil = "Cuteness overload."
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Sprezzatura = "I woke up this way."🤣
Sobremesa = "Siesta culture personified." The stateside workplace equivalent: 'What happens when the boss takes the team out for a long lunch, usually on a Friday."😉
Wabi-sabi = "You break it, you buy it ... but then you put it back together again."😉 Also, wabi-sabi = "Zero waste before it was a thing ... but make it beautiful."🤣
Sisu = "Standing in line at the DMV."😂
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28 Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language: The Power & Beauty of Untranslatable Words | Princely H. Glorious: https://medium.com/swap-language/28-words-that-dont-exist-in-english-you-ll-wish-they-did-e200ef1c3ae2.
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