8 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures

By Linda Mazlan

If you are keen to travel and meet the locals, you most probably will end up interacting with them. Some might speak English, but some do not.


Sometimes when a local is so caught up in a conversation, he/she cannot help but to blurt out a few common words from their language that have no equal meaning in English. Here is a compilation of untranslatable words from other cultures to spice up your travel vocabulary.

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So, are there any Arabic words that are untranslatable to English?

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