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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Samira: Ahh okay I see 😃 her loss for not having them in her illustrations @Neecey have a great weekend ! ☀️
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.
Katie: In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".
Nozomi: Japanese: aishtero
liiina: 😍😍love this اهدي فتحي
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)
Maria: greek: psithirisma ψιθύρισμα 🤞🏻
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