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Maybe the option to report a word would be nice ? also for example "Vouloir être seul" in french just means translated literally "wanting to be alone", I wouldn't put it as a cool word
Will keep it in mind. Thanks for the feedback
I have been spamming the "random words" This is fascinating I love this website
I think Arabic has loads of these sorts of words. Need someone who speaks Arabic to explain them though. And of course English does.
Thank you for your contribution!
I love this. Sometimes Swedish words are hard to translate because they are compound words or because they are some weird metaphor. For example, the Swedish "Smultronställe" is quite literally, "Raspberry place", and refers to a favourite place a person likes to go to. There's also "realisationsvinstbeskattning" which means "capital gains tax" but just squashed together (we do that with words that go together). If we…
Your examples of those quirky Swedish words and phrases are very insightful, and they show the fascinating intricacies of the language.
I'll make those updates and corrections you suggested.
Thank you again. And feel free to submit any other word using the "Make Suggestion" button