deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoDude, the word you’re looking for in English is to hustle. Source: am Polish.
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoThere’s also scheming, but i don’t think either one is a 1 to 1 equivalent.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoScheming nie działa, bo kombinowanie to dużo więcej niż samo knucie planów :) But I am also not so sure that kombinować is a good example because the other meanings are because it’s a homonym. I am having trouble providing what actually OP asked for. A few years ago I’d say Maori “mana”, but the kids now call it “aura” and it’s a direct concept translation.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoIn Spanish that would be “picaresca” and Spanish people also think it’s something that doesn’t really exist in other cultures.
Dude, the word you’re looking for in English is to hustle.
Source: am Polish.
There’s also scheming, but i don’t think either one is a 1 to 1 equivalent.
Scheming nie działa, bo kombinowanie to dużo więcej niż samo knucie planów :)
But I am also not so sure that kombinować is a good example because the other meanings are because it’s a homonym.
I am having trouble providing what actually OP asked for.
A few years ago I’d say Maori “mana”, but the kids now call it “aura” and it’s a direct concept translation.
In Spanish that would be “picaresca” and Spanish people also think it’s something that doesn’t really exist in other cultures.