Eunoia

Words That Don't Translate

Eunoia was built in 24h by Steph. Search 700+ untranslatable words by 80+ languages and 60+ tags, or click refresh to see a new batch. Enjoy!


Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Gemes The state of going out of one's mind in adoration of something that is extremely likeable or cute Indonesian funny emotion
Tenyérbemászó Literally "palm crawler"; a face begging to be punched Hungarian funny adverse
Kabelsalat Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" German funny physical
Tingo The act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them Pascuense funny interaction character
Chimuela a person lacking one or more teeth Spanish physical funny
Badkruka Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? Swedish funny nature explore
Nedoperepitj (недоперепить) To drink more than one should have, but less than one would have wanted. To fail to drink too much. Russian funny action
Irusu Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door Japanese event funny
Gigil The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute Tagalog physical positive funny
Schlemiel An inept, clumsy person Yiddish attribute funny
Rhwe To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked Tsonga funny event
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Erkelmek Teasing someone with repeating what they say Nogay interaction funny
Istories me arkoudes Literal: 'stories with bears'; stories that are so crazy, they can't be true Greek extreme funny
Zapoi 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place Russian funny adverse habits
Mencomot Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. Indonesian action funny
Treppenwitz Literal: "staircase joke", because the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out German funny
Chindogu A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag Japanese creative funny
Tartle The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name Scottish funny event friends
Rhwe To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked Tsonga funny event
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny
Warmduscher Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone German funny attribute growth
Tachiyomi To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it Japanese society funny action
Mencolek The trick when you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them Indonesian funny friends action
Vybafnout To jump out and say "boo" Czech action funny surprise




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