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
Mitikiwostky: Spanish "flechazo" could bebtrabslated to "stung". As in "I was stung by Cupid's arrow".
Bunny: Does anyone know it in Japanese ?
Katie: In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".
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.
Samira: Ahh okay I see 😃 her loss for not having them in her illustrations @Neecey have a great weekend ! ☀️
Nozomi: Japanese: aishtero
im_mil: "Merak" is a Turkish word, meaning "wonder".
liiina: 😍😍love this اهدي فتحي
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