I learned a word that doesn't exist in my language

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The word "cringe" in English, referring to a feeling of discomfort or shame from seeing someone else's actions, is something that has no equivalent in my native language (Spanish). One can say "pena ajena" (meaning "external embarrassment") but we just use the English word 😅

I'm more astounded that you have so many phrases for something so close, but don't exactly mean the same thing. I feel I'm going to insult so many people for some reason because I'm trying to say "excuse me".

Someone in the comments suggested that 寄り添う was the closest word to "cuddle," so I put it into Google Translate and got these results. It's suggesting words like "cuddle" and "snuggle up," so perhaps 寄り添う is the closest word to it. 🙂

In linguistics we define words by the semantic range they occupy. Or the total amount of meaning they cover. The problem is that every single word across every language is ever so slightly like this, where the meaning might be different every so slightly depending on context.

がんばれ！ There's a lot of ways you can translate it to english, like "good luck" or "try your best" but nothing really captures the same feeling as shouting がんばれ! to hype up a hero show or encourage your friend at a talent show

Portuguese has a word no other language has a true direct translation. Saudade, the bitter sweet memories of something that is not avaible, be people, a place or older times, the feeling of nostalgia. Is not uncommon for languages to have a hard or imposible to translate word.

I mean, you're language has the same nuances I think of.

That is amazing The more i know!

That is adorable, heh, to be honest, i wouldn't mind dofferent words for different sorts of close affection, making each one different. Lovely voice and a very interesting video <3