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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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Cafune

Cafune

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VitoLeite
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Koi No Yokan

Koi No Yokan

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Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would grow old trying to pronounce that correctly :)

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Cwtch

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AndrewJones
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Retrouvailles

Retrouvailles

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CarolineCarlyle-Price
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Mamihlapinatapei

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Kilig

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PearlTorrijos
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Gezelligheid

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MerelHemelsoet
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Ya'aburnee

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Oodal

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Naz

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RoshanVerghese
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are right. Naz means Pride/Arrogance. They are quoting Kamila Shamsie's own meaning for Naz. Her definition of naz is "Naz is “the pride, the assurance that arises from knowing you are loved. From knowing that no matter what you do, you will always be loved”." A very flawed definition.

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Luísa Martins
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that "saudade" is missing. This is a word that only exists in portuguese and it's the feeling you get when you miss someone/something. You feel saudade.

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Maryam.IR
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in Persian it means to be proud in a playful and sweet way

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UroobaNadeem
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not exactly. It is not something you feel for yourself, it is something felt for others. A rather hard word to explain

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Mo Chuisle Mo Chroi

Mo Chuisle Mo Chroi

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CezzBeirne
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Psithirisma

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MatCSharp
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is called throisma. Psithirisma means whispering. :)

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Iktsuarpok

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PandaBear
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Flechazo

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ShanePe
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8 years ago DotsCreated 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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Manabamate

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Onsra

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Hanyauku

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