Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate

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Word	Definition	Language	Tags
Tôpäj (төпәй)	Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling	Bashkir	action
Handschuhschneeballwerfer	A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp	German	action attribute
Dhurna	Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid	Hindi	action persistence
Vybafnout	To jump out and say "boo"	Czech	action funny surprise
Fensterln	To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her	German	love action persistence
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις)	Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay	Greek	action
Guddle	To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank	Scottish	action nature
Blunda	To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.	Swedish	action
Donaldkacsázás	Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers	Hungarian	funny action
Uitbuiken	Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''.	Dutch	food action
Shlep	To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road	Yiddish	physical action
Abquatulate	To leave without saying goodbye	English	action
Zechpreller	A person who leaves a restaurant without paying	German	adverse action food
Vprikusku	Drinking tea through pieces of sugar	Russian	food action
Hanyauku	To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface	Rukwangali	physical action
Harkla	The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat	Swedish	action
Tachiyomi	To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it	Japanese	society funny action
Tsuji-giri	To try out a new sword on a passer-by	Japanese	action violence
Verschlimmbessern	Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it	German	action
Pekopeko	Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner	Japanese	physical action
Ghalidan	Rolling from side to side as lovers do	Persian	love action connection
Rauxa	Sudden determination or action; rapture	Catalan	action strength
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib.	Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest".	Tagalog	action
Erklärungsnot	The state of having to quickly explain yourself	German	action stress
Umij se	Splash water on your face	Serbian	physical action

Word

Definition

Language

Tags

Audio

Tôpäj (төпәй)

Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling

Bashkir

action

Handschuhschneeballwerfer

A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp

German

action attribute

Dhurna

Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid

Hindi

action persistence

Vybafnout

To jump out and say "boo"

Czech

action funny surprise

Fensterln

To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her

German

love action persistence

Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις)

Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay

Greek

action

Guddle

To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank

Scottish

action nature

Blunda

To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something.

Swedish

action

Donaldkacsázás

Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers

Hungarian

funny action

Uitbuiken

Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''.

Dutch

food action

Shlep

To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road

Yiddish

physical action

Abquatulate

To leave without saying goodbye

English

action

Zechpreller

A person who leaves a restaurant without paying

German

adverse action food

Vprikusku

Drinking tea through pieces of sugar

Russian

food action

Hanyauku

To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface

Rukwangali

physical action

Harkla

The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat

Swedish

action

Tachiyomi

To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it

Japanese

society funny action

Tsuji-giri

To try out a new sword on a passer-by

Japanese

action violence

Verschlimmbessern

Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it

German

action

Pekopeko

Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner

Japanese

physical action

Ghalidan

Rolling from side to side as lovers do

Persian

love action connection

Rauxa

Sudden determination or action; rapture

Catalan

action strength

Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib.

Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest".

Tagalog

action

Erklärungsnot

The state of having to quickly explain yourself

German

action stress

Umij se

Splash water on your face

Serbian

physical action

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