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
bookworm: Love isn't "naz" in Urdu 😕
Bunny: Does anyone know it in Japanese ?
Nozomi: Japanese: aishtero
im_mil: "Merak" is a Turkish word, meaning "wonder".
Samira: How come you didn't take Persian? As in asheghetam = I love you and eshghe man = My love ? Much more beautiful than the Danish one 😊 (not bashing just informing)
Katie: In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".
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