English artist/illustrator Emma Block has produced gorgeous illustrations of untranslatable words of love from around the world. They are beautiful words for which sadly, no equivalent single word exists in English. Enjoy!
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Welsh - Cwtch
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Tamil - Oodal
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Japanese - Koi No Yokan
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Portuguese - Cafuné
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Spain - Flechazo
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French - Retrouvailles
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Tagalog - Kilig
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Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei
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Rapa Nui - Manabamāte
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German - Geborgenheit
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Hebrew - Firgun
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Danish - Forelsket
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Hindi - Viraha
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Romanian - Dor
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Greek - Psithirisma
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Inuit - Iktsuarpok
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Serbian - Merak
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Dutch - Gezelligheid
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Urdu - Naz
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Rukwangali - Hanyauku
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Chinese - Yuanfen
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Arabic - Ya'aburnee
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Russian - Odnoliub
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Mandalorian - Aay'han
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Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng
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Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī
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Boro - Onsra
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Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote
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Chinese - Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao
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Comments
Katie: In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".
Mitikiwostky: Spanish "flechazo" could bebtrabslated to "stung". As in "I was stung by Cupid's arrow".
liiina: 😍😍love this اهدي فتحي
Bunny: Does anyone know it in Japanese ?
Maria: greek: psithirisma ψιθύρισμα 🤞🏻
Nozomi: Japanese: aishtero
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