Language I Words

Special Words That Cannot Be Translated into Any Other Language

Let’s steal amazing untranslatable words with pride!!!

Dr. Cüneyt Yardımcı
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9 min readApr 15, 2024

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Language is like an ocean with no boundaries.

Even though the names we give to concrete entities seem limited, not every language can capture the multitude of abstract emotions.

With over 7,000 languages in the world, countless words and ideas are often “lost in translation” due to differences in grammar, semantics, or linguistic complexities.

When a language fails to convey the essence of a word during translation, that word is considered “untranslatable.”

Indeed, examining some of the most beautiful untranslatable words from around the world offers us a glimpse into different cultures and belief systems, helping us understand the people who speak these marvelous languages.

And sometimes, no matter how hard we search the dictionary, we can’t find just the right words to express what we mean — so, we shamelessly borrow from other languages.

Let’s proudly steal these amazing untranslatable words with pride!

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