24 Words We Don’t Have in English That Describe Beautiful Feelings

The beauty of languages we're still discovering is that they have words for so many emotions where words from languages we know just fall short. So here are  24 beautiful words that cannot be translated to English but capture human emotions perfectly. No matter which language a word belongs to as long as it touches your soul, right? Via: Scoop Whoop

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    Text - Resfeber (Swedish) The restlessness in a traveller just before the journey is about to begin. The beginning of the trip that induces anxiety and anticipation together SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - La Douleur Exquise (French) The heartwrenching pain that takes over when you know that the person you love can never be yours. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Saudade (Portugese) A longing for someone you love but have lost. It is the love that remains SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan) A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Hygge (Danish) A warm and cozy feeling that washes over you; it needs to be experienced to be known. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Alpas (Tagalog) To break free from the confines SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Iktsuarpok (Inuit) The wait for someone that keeps you looking outside in the anticipation that they'd show up SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Koi No Yokan (Jараnese) The feeling of meeting someone for the first time and knowing that you could easily fall in love with them SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Natsukashii (Jараnese) Of the small things that take you back to a happy time; not a nostal gic feeling to return to the past but an appreciation of the good times SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Yuanfen (Chinese) The belief that destiny or fate plays a part in bringing two lovers together. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Еudaimonia (Greek) The content feeling of happiness when you're travelling. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Onsra (Serbian) The bittersweet feeling that love won't last. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Gemes (Jakartanese The anger that you have inside but don't have the means to express SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Abendrot (German) The colour of the sky when the sun is setting SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Strikhedonia (Greek) The pleasure of being able to say "to hell with it!" SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Ilunga (Ваntu) A person who is willing to forgive someone's mistake the first time; tolerate it the second time, but never a third time. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Forelsket Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you're first falling in love. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Oodal (Tamil) The fake anger that couples tease each other with SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Gunnen (Dutch) To find happiness in someone else's happiness because that's how much you love them. SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Torschlusspanik (German) It literally means "gate-shut panic," but is used to refer to the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Retrouvailles (French) The happiness that fills your heart when you meet someone after a very long time SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Ya'aburnee Arabic) Both morbid and beautiful at once, it means "You bury me," a declaration of one's hope that they'll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Cafuné (Brazilian Portuguese) tenderly running fingers through someone's hair SCOOPWHOOPco
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    Text - Wabi Sabi (Jарапese) Finding beauty in the imperfections of life and accepting that everything is constantly changing. SCOOPWHOOPco
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