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.
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Dor
It seems close to the Portuguese word "saudade". In fact, "dor" means "pain" in Portuguese, which is not that far, too. Latin languages, both, huh?
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Wrong! The sense of longing that wives felt for their shepherd men, when these were away. It's a very specific feeling, and it also has a special kind of song/folk ballad attached to it called "doina". The only thing close to it is some Norwegian word that wives of fishermen used for the same feeling.
In Finnish it's "ikävä" and I agree with saudade too, there's just no translation in English :)
Yes, it's basically the same thing, although they (the internet people) say that "saudade" is when you miss something that you lost forever
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Interesting thing: In portuguese this word "Dor" means "Pain" and the undescribable situation of longing someone is calling "Saudade" wich is also untranslatable. =)
In Portuguese, we have the word SAUDADE, it is interesting because DOR in portuguese means pain, since Romanian is a latin language (as also portuguese, spanish, french and italian; dor, dolor, douleur, dolore, respectively, all meaning pain). Saudade means the same as DOR in Romanian = nostalgia... longing, missing someone or something you love (from latin solitate: solitude, isolation). You should add that to your list ;).
In Portuguese we have "saudade", for which I've never seen a translation. It means the longing for someone, something, some place or just some time in the past. You can have "saudade" for anything. It is a noun for when in English you say "you miss" something.
In Bangla, that feeling is called "বিরহ (biroh)"= intense feeling of missing someone. There should be an equivalent word in English, as it is a very common human emotion.
In Portuguese "Dor" means pain, and we do also have a word for that feeling which is Saudade
Firgun
Cwtch
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
Retrouvailles
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.)
Mamihlapinatapei
Kilig
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
Gezelligheid
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.
Ya'aburnee
It is actually the fact to love someone so much you wish they outlive you
Oodal
Mo Chuisle Mo Chroi
not really untranslatable, nor s it a word - it just means the pulse of my heart?
Geborgenheti
Psithirisma
Hai Shi Shan Meng
Yuanfen
Iktsuarpok
Cheiro No Cangote
Onsra
Aay'han
Merak is actually a turkish word used by serbians, bosnians and macedonians ;)
Post total fail. Merak is turkish not serbian. and retrouvailles is not what it says here... i see other pics\words are quite wrongly described to.. :) Illustrations are cute though
This whole article is a mess. Most of these are either the wrong definition or just phrases that can be translated. D- for effort.
In the title says "Untranslatable". I appreciate the effort.
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It'd be more endearing if several of them weren't used incorrectly :/
This would probably be more endearing if half of them weren't wrong :/
The "Portuguese" expressions are from Brazil, they are not even used in Portugal... Meanwhile, a big word like saudade (meaning the feeling of longing for someone or something dear to us) was completely missed here. and that is a real Portuguese word!
Oh really ?? Who died and made you the authority on Portuguese?? So are yoi trying to say that Brazilians are not speaking Portuguese?? Please grow up and learn about dialects. By your implication americans do not speak english or mexicans do not speak Spanish.
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'Untranslatable' ... *translates them wrong* cwtch is cuddle/s btw, it's translatable.
Also there is a Turkish word "sevdiceğim" calling style for lovers it's produced by 2 words "sevdim" (I loved) and "seveceğim" (I will love) so it means that "I loved you before and I'll keep loving you"
Everybody is just complaining 'I actually means....' Just let it be people, it's not even real. But just meant to be cute and stuff ❤
Hey Stephanie - so glad you like them! Emma who was responsible for the illustrations does all sorts of stuff - you can find more info about her and her work here www.emmablock.co.uk
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This isn't the full list! You can see them all here http://bit.ly/1VPLRVy And we will hopefully be adding more in the coming months- so just let me know what you'd like to see and we will try and include it!
Load More Replies... Merak is actually a turkish word used by serbians, bosnians and macedonians ;)
Post total fail. Merak is turkish not serbian. and retrouvailles is not what it says here... i see other pics\words are quite wrongly described to.. :) Illustrations are cute though
This whole article is a mess. Most of these are either the wrong definition or just phrases that can be translated. D- for effort.
In the title says "Untranslatable". I appreciate the effort.
Load More Replies... It'd be more endearing if several of them weren't used incorrectly :/
This would probably be more endearing if half of them weren't wrong :/
The "Portuguese" expressions are from Brazil, they are not even used in Portugal... Meanwhile, a big word like saudade (meaning the feeling of longing for someone or something dear to us) was completely missed here. and that is a real Portuguese word!
Oh really ?? Who died and made you the authority on Portuguese?? So are yoi trying to say that Brazilians are not speaking Portuguese?? Please grow up and learn about dialects. By your implication americans do not speak english or mexicans do not speak Spanish.
Load More Replies... 'Untranslatable' ... *translates them wrong* cwtch is cuddle/s btw, it's translatable.
Also there is a Turkish word "sevdiceğim" calling style for lovers it's produced by 2 words "sevdim" (I loved) and "seveceğim" (I will love) so it means that "I loved you before and I'll keep loving you"
Everybody is just complaining 'I actually means....' Just let it be people, it's not even real. But just meant to be cute and stuff ❤
Hey Stephanie - so glad you like them! Emma who was responsible for the illustrations does all sorts of stuff - you can find more info about her and her work here www.emmablock.co.uk
Load More Replies... This isn't the full list! You can see them all here http://bit.ly/1VPLRVy And we will hopefully be adding more in the coming months- so just let me know what you'd like to see and we will try and include it!
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