10 funny and untranslatable words from world languages

by Loïc Montreuil | Feb 4, 2025 | Foreign Languages

The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years trying to figure out why there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot yet express through language. In many cases, certain concepts can be described easily in one language but difficult to express in another. For example, some words in other languages don’t have an equivalent in English.

Here are 10 funny words that don’t exist in English from 10 world languages:

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