Your favorite foreign words or phrases with no English equivalent

Weltschmerz and Kummerspeck

In Spanish: ¡Lárgate! More of less translates to "leave!" or "get out of here" but those phrases lack the same raw, emotional punch.

Backpfeifengesicht.

Germans, you guys.

Fingerspitzgefu"hl

The sensation at one's fingertips

Ochsenschwanz!

In German I like verarschen which means screwed but literally translated it means assed.

Gernanerkaken

Many Yiddishisms, but my two favorites are probably

Ungapatchka --overly done up, overly ornate to the point of tackiness, can refer to a person, clothing or interior decor.

Farbissiner-- someone who is always miserable, thrives on being miserable and delights in making others miserable.

Hygge - Dansk/Norge

Coziness

Nasenschleim

R5 what's your beef?

Déjà vu

Of the 50 or so Inuit words for snow, siguliaksraq is my fave. 😆

Burrito!

In Italian (dialect): stronzo. It's an insult that loosely means a piece of shit, but some Italians will tell you it refers to that stubborn last little bit of shit that won't come out. It is a really big insult, so you wouldn't use it as casually as you might call someone a turd in English.

Mittleschmerz ~ when your abdomen hurts during ovulation.

Beercanthickinze

German for huge fat cock.

R12 say again?

Lesbian.

Please put meanings in when posting. TIA.

Schwanzgrossenmithummermachen

FLÜGGÅӘNKб€ČHIŒßØLĮÊN

You don't say!!

Gemuetlichkeit (Since we have no umlauts). German for a state of friendliness, warmth, good cheer.

For cat lovers.

Je ne sais quoi, bitches.

Backpfeifengesicht. Punchable face. Ted Cruz's picture should accompany this definition in the dictionary.

Covfefe

Khrap (if you're male) or Ka (if you're female) In Thailand these words are added to the end of a sentence to show politeness.

Fucking slut-whoreka!

Backpfeifengesicht

which is a face badly in need of a fist (in German)

Bakku-shan. Seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not so from the front.

Frauenschmerz

Hebrew: davka (דווקא)

The word is originally from Aramaic used in Modern Hebrew. It is used to re-enforce or highlight the futility or inconvenience of an action, e.g., He did it davka or Davka now he decides to take a trip.

[quote]Ungapatchka

Ungepatcht (pronunciation depending on where you come from) means something that is a jumble, mixed up almost beyond recognition. Ungapatchka is an Americanism, a mistranslated, misused derivative.

fremdschämen

etchi

Saudades - Portuguese for wistful longing.

“Carte Blanche,” which is French. It literally means “white paper,” used to show how a written instrument gives a person free reign/authority.

L'esprit de l'escalier.

Sang froid

Zeitgeist.

Fussimmundgesprach

Malapropism

[italic] Mise en place [/italic] -- French chef speak for having all of your things in order, but I apply it liberally to all aspects of life.

r31 has a backpfeifengesicht.