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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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10 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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    #2

    Merak

    Merak

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    #3

    Firgun

    Firgun

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    #4

    Cafune

    Cafune

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    VitoLeite
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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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    SamudyataShivaram
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Viraha is Kannada ( a South Indian language) not Hindi

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    #10

    Mamihlapinatapei

    Mamihlapinatapei

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    SandraSanynka
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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
    Community Member
    10 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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    Psithirisma

    Psithirisma

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    MatCSharp
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is called throisma. Psithirisma means whispering. :)

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    #20

    Hai Shi Shan Meng

    Hai Shi Shan Meng

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    Yuanfen

    Yuanfen

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    #22

    Iktsuarpok

    Iktsuarpok

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    PandaBear
    Community Member
    10 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…

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    Forelsket

    Forelsket

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    #24

    Flechazo

    Flechazo

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    ShanePe
    Community Member
    10 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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    #25

    Cheiro No Cangote

    Cheiro No Cangote

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    Manabamate

    Manabamate

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    #27

    Onsra

    Onsra

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    Cookie
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the elephant lamp.

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    Hanyauku

    Hanyauku

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