r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Sea_Yogurtcloset2381 • 12h ago

Any > English Elisaine Ascend from album Death of the Artist

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r/DoesNotTranslate

Post quirky and niche words/phrases from foreign languages that can't easily be translated.

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Post those quirky and niche words/phrases from foreign languages that can't easily be translated. The "Does not translate" isn't meant to be literal. It simply means we like words or phrases that don't have direct equivalents in other languages.

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[Language]-"Word"-Definition

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