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asphaltcowgrrl ([personal profile] asphaltcowgrrl) wrote2022-04-01 12:31 pm

Untranslatable Words Bingo

So, someone pointed me towards a bingo comm that I thought I was a member of but turns out I wasn't.  And April's challenge is untranslatable words.

I love words and language so this really caught my attention.  This is the card I created:

Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan): The wordless meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something... but are both reluctant to do so. Tingo (Pascuense): To gradually steal all the possessions out of a neighbor’s house by borrowing and not returning. Culaccino (Italian): The mark left on a table by a moist glass.
Fernweh (German): Feeling homesick for a place you have never been to. FREE SPACE Verschlimmbessern (German): To make something worse when trying to improve it.
Shlimazl (Yiddish): A chronically unlucky person. Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost. Commuovere (Italian): Often taken to mean “heartwarming” but directly refers to a story that moved you to tears.


For my free space, I'm going with this: A se gudura (Romanian): The action of making certain movements usually just next to someone that express your happiness and love for that person. It can also mean that you are seeking affection as confirmation of the other person’s feelings.

I meeeeeeeeeeeeean... how could I pass that one up? 

Fills:

Mamihlapinatapei  (Zayne/Andrej possibly)
Tingo (no idea but this reminds me of my late husband and his father's tools)
Culaccino (Elias)
Fernweh
A se gudura (Zayne and James possibly, or even all three of them)
Verschilmmbessern (LMAO, 10000000% Zayne, every time)
Shilimazi (me?)
Saudade (Paulo)
Commuovere

If you'dl ike to see something particular for one of these, hit me up in the comments and I'll do my best.

[identity profile] tellshannon815.livejournal.com 2022-04-01 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Verschlimmbessern to me gives me flashbacks to the year when my grandad's Sky TV box broke down just before Christmas and Sky couldn't come out to fix it until the 28th, my uncle tried to fix it himself on Christmas Eve and he only cocked it up even more as it wouldn't even switch on after he got his hands on it!

[identity profile] asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com 2022-04-01 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, I'm cackling at my desk right now. My dad was a mechanic and he though the could honestly fix anything that was broken. Mom said he either fixed it or fixed so well they had to get a new one. 😂 This is one of the rare times I was grateful my husband was too lazy to even try.