Do You Know These Non-English Words?

We give you a word with its origin, you guess its meaning!
Some of these "words' are phrases
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1. cwtch (n) Welsh
a warm hug that makes one feel safe
the idea that smart people will fail in life
the feeling to throw a rock at someone
twitches that occur due to the weather
2. age-otori (v) Japanese
to cry relentlessly because of a poor grade
to look worse after a haircut
to age faster in appearances
to be in debt for buying something cheap
3. sprezzatura (v) Italian
to be special because of one's riches
to look nothing like one's parents
to make a complex thing look easy
to spit water in designs
4. schadenfreude (v) German
to feel pleasured by one's misfortune
to hate a friend
to betray one's closest friend
to murder one's family member
5. ya'aburnee (n) Arabic
the idea that the human race will end by a nuclear war
a declaration that someone may live longer than the speaker
a coffin used to bury a loved one
sand that is used for heating up coffee
6. janken (v) Japanese
to punch someone for something that happened years ago
to tell a lie but everyone thinks it's the truth
to settle an argument via rock-paper-scissors
to prove one wrong via internet
7. vybafnout (v) Czech
to clean something that is already clean
to scare someone via jumping out of something
to be unexcited for a festival or celebration
to talk in understandable gibberish
8. shemomedjamo (n) Georgian
a person who enjoys the sight of murder
the feeling to keep eating because the food is delicious
a beach that does not have sand
the idea that everyone is evil on the inside
9. lagom (adj) Swedish
idiotic, but understandable
masochistic, especially referring to an animal
perfect; just right
unbalanced in amount
10. fika (n) Finnish
a violinist who is terrible at playing it
a coffee break
a feeling of affection in a man's muscles
a type of sniper used for camouflage
11. übermorgen (n) German
the point where Earth's atmosphere and space meet
the day after tomorrow
the day before tomorrow
a point of time after morning
12. esprit de l'escalier (n) French
a person who escalates the smallest things
a comeback to a situation when it's too late
stairs that break easily
alcohol bottles that are used for smashing people's heads
13. gigil (n) Tagalog
the feeling that a person who hates someone secretly likes them
a feeling where one can't stop laughing
the feeling that life has no meaning
an overwhelming feeling to squeeze cute things
14. pochemuchka (n) Russian
a person who asks a lot a questions
a tank used for showing off
a book that has no meaning
an animal that supports a child while they sleep
15. pilkunnussija (n) Finnish
a large lake that is used for urinating
a slur directed towards old people
a shop that is ran by only children
a person who corrects the smallest inaccuracies
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Level 62
Oct 29, 2024
A few fantastic words in there!