What are some of your favorite foreign words?

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zuzamen

Pamplemousse

machs nichts

malaish

de nada

atatakakunakatta (wasn't hot)

schadenfreude

forskningscenter

Bakbuk in Hebrew means "bottle", which is an onomatopoeia for the sound a bottle makes when you pour water out of it ("bakbukbakbukbakbuk...").

There is only one Lao word used in the English Language: BONG! ("water pipe" in Lao)

Elan

ribuy-tibuy is a Mundari word meaning, roughly, the sight, sound, or motion of a fat person's buttocks rubbing together as they walk

"Hay" in Spanish is more convenient than the English "there is/There are".

pissoir

pues

Scheisse

papagei-parrot(German)

mooie-beautiful/pretty(Dutch)

kedi-cat(Turkish-sounds like kitty)

The Greek word "arete," meaning, roughly, excellence. There isn't really a word in English that conveys the exact meaning.

Also, I like the Swahili greeting, jambo. It sounds exuberant. I would love to see one of my friends out on a morning run and yell, "Jambo!"

cuidado

cubilas wrote:

allez!