Cojo/tuerto
These words do not exist in English and that’s
the reason why they use the long periphrasis “one-legged woman” (coja)
and “one-eyed man” (tuerto). A bit long, aren't they?
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Maruja
There is not any word in French that defines a
late middle-aged housewife that likes soap operas (maruja).
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Trapicheo
This word that comes from cattle. In German “trapicheo”
would be “Kuhhandel”, that means literally “trade of cows".
However this word has a different look: it is used in politics, finances and
arm dealers while in Spanish it is used for drugs and in street markets.
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Chapuza
Chapuza is the work done without taking great
pains. Although “chapuza” is a shoddy
piece of work in English or fazer una gambiarra in Portuguese, they do not
express exactly the Spanish meaning as we can see in the picture.
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In Arabian it doesn't exist any word or
expression and in order to express it we would have to say: “عندما يفاجأ شخص من شيء وضعو العيون الكبيرة و المستديرة مثل الصحون”, that means “when someone is surprised and they are wide-eyed."
Do you know any other word that has no translation into another language? Do you have any idea of how to translate the previous examples?
