Illustrator Emma Block has created these beautiful depictions of "untranslatable words", in collaboration with Vashi.com.

The illustrations depict feelings that anyone who has been in love will know only too well – but for which we have no words in the English language.

More info: vashi.com

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Dor

Dor

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AdinaDenisaVereş
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More exactly the meaning of a intense feeling of missing someone

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#3

Firgun

Firgun

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#4

Cafune

Cafune

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VitoLeite
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try to translate saudade. In my opinions there are no words to describe it.

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#5

Koi No Yokan

Koi No Yokan

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KostasVentouras
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

finally I learned what that Deftones album title meant

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#6

Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

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Posum
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would grow old trying to pronounce that correctly :)

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#7

Cwtch

Cwtch

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AndrewJones
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also relates to under the stairs or put something by for later use or the place a dog would be sent out of the way

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#8

Retrouvailles

Retrouvailles

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CarolineCarlyle-Price
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't really a love term, it's just the word to qualify being reunited with someone you haven't seen in a while, not specifically a loved one. (can also be for colleagues, friends, classmates, etc.)

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#9

Viraha

Viraha

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#10

Mamihlapinatapei

Mamihlapinatapei

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SandraSanynka
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The czech language has the laso a word for that - pokukovat

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#11

Kilig

Kilig

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PearlTorrijos
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is actually the unexplainable happiness you feel when your loved one did something special for you.. giddiness over a crush is a shallow definition

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#12

Gezelligheid

Gezelligheid

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MerelHemelsoet
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's more the connectedness you feel with the people or place you are in. The more connected you feel, the more gezellig it is.

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#13

Ya'aburnee

Ya'aburnee

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MedTahaHouidi
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is actually the fact to love someone so much you wish they outlive you

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#14

Oodal

Oodal

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M.WaheduzzamanKhan
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Bangla, it is called "Ovimaan/অভিমান"

#16

Mo Chuisle Mo Chroi

Mo Chuisle Mo Chroi

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CezzBeirne
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

not really untranslatable, nor s it a word - it just means the pulse of my heart?

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#18

Geborgenheti

Geborgenheti

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#19

Psithirisma

Psithirisma

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MatCSharp
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is called throisma. Psithirisma means whispering. :)

#20

Hai Shi Shan Meng

Hai Shi Shan Meng

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#22

Iktsuarpok

Iktsuarpok

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PandaBear
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I kind of hate this feeling, especially when the person never turns up. But i guess it is kinda exciting too…

#24

Flechazo

Flechazo

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ShanePe
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like saying "Crush" to somebody you feel attracted to for no specific reason. no physically.

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#26

Manabamate

Manabamate

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#27

Onsra

Onsra

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Cookie
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the elephant lamp.

#29

Hanyauku

Hanyauku

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