Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Mensch | A person of integrity and honour | Yiddish | character attribute | |
Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
Pålägg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Swedish | food attribute | |
Mana | The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone | Māori | attribute | |
Friolero | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. | Spanish | attribute friends | |
Nekojita (ねこじた) | Literally "cat's tongue"; a person who is sensitive to hot food and especially hot drinks | Japanese | food attribute | |
Umarell | A term referring specifically to men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice | Italian | attribute | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
Kæk | Spirited, bold, cheeky, cocky. | Danish | attribute | |
Ǩuẓlanyu | To marry a divorced woman | Bashkir | family attribute | |
Raspafiestas | An adjective to describe a person who doesn't go until the party is over. | Spanish | habits attribute friends | |
Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
Mimoso | Said of something that enjoys being pampered or shown affection | Spanish | attribute love | |
Recherché | Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. | French | beauty attribute | |
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine | The longest word in Turkish, meaning, ‘It's as though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsucessful ones.’ | Turkish | attribute | |
Ǩuẓlanyu | To marry a divorced woman | Bashkir | family attribute | |
Overskud | Extra/excess energy; do have sufficient resources to do something; profit (in an economic context). | Danish | attribute | |
Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
Rehepaplus | A kind of entrepreneurialism that mustn't always have the moral high ground. Clever, sometimes at the expense of others and their stupidity. The word can be used as both a positive (quick thinker) as a negative (scammer). | Estonian | character attribute | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
Weichei | Literal: "soft egg"; someone who is weak or cowardly | German | adverse attribute | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits |
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