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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1. Welsh - Cwtch
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2. Tamil - Oodal
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3. Japanese - Koi No Yokan
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4. Portuguese - Cafuné
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5. Spain - Flechazo
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6. French - Retrouvailles
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7. Tagalog - Kilig
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8. Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei
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9. Rapa Nui - Manabamāte
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10. German - Geborgenheit
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11. Hebrew - Firgun
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12. Danish - Forelsket
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13. Hindi - Viraha
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14. Romanian - Dor
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15. Greek - Psithirisma
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16. Inuit - Iktsuarpok
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17. Serbian - Merak
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18. Dutch - Gezelligheid
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19. Urdu - Naz
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20. Rukwangali - Hanyauku
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21. Chinese - Yuanfen
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22. Arabic - Ya'aburnee
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23. Russian - Odnoliub
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24. Mandalorian - Aay'han
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25. Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng
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26. Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī
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27. Boro - Onsra
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28. Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote
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29. Chinese - Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao
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To see more of Emma's great work visit emmablock.co.uk
Comments
Samira: Ahh okay I see 😃 her loss for not having them in her illustrations @Neecey have a great weekend ! ☀️
Nozomi: Japanese: aishtero
Katie: In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".
liiina: 😍😍love this اهدي فتحي
Lena: Betuttad in Swedish means when you just in the beginning of falling in love like you been just put on fire. We also say förälskad like the Danish.
im_mil: "Merak" is a Turkish word, meaning "wonder".
bookworm: Love isn't "naz" in Urdu 😕
Bunny: Does anyone know it in Japanese ?
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