“It’s A Hug To The Soul”: These 27 Words With No Direct English Translation Are Super Useful

Many of us native English speakers are familiar with (and regularly use) words like “schadenfreude” (German), which don’t have a direct English translation, but there are actually a ton of similar words out there.

Recently, @saba posed a question on Twitter (X), asking for examples of words in other languages that “can’t be perceived in English,” saying “there’s a beauty in a word only being understood through the soul.” Here are 27 extremely gorgeous, interesting, or just plain useful responses:

15.

“Obhimaan (অভিমান)”

21.

“Koi No Yokan (恋の予感)”

26.

“Jhuta (झूठा)”

27.

And finally, “tresno”/”katresnan.”