Razliubit
Meaning: To fall out of love — the process of ceasing to love someone you once loved, leaving behind a hollow where affection used to be.
Language: Russian
Literally: to un-love
Category: Emotion
Origin: Russian раз- (reversal prefix) + любить ('to love'); the named feeling English leaves wordless.
More untranslatable words — Emotion
- Kilig — The butterflies-and-shivers feeling of romantic excitement — the giddiness triggered by a…
- Tampo — Pulling back your warmth and affection when you've been hurt — going quiet and distant, h…
- Avos' — A blind, hopeful trust that things will somehow work out on their own — leaving the outco…
- Vergüenza ajena — The squirming embarrassment felt on behalf of another person, who may be entirely untroub…
- Koselig — Warmth, intimacy and ease at once — a room, a meal or an evening can be koselig, and so c…
- Nadryv — An uncontrolled outpouring of buried feeling, often strained past anything the person tru…
More Russian untranslatable words
- Poshlost' — Not merely the trashy, but the falsely important, falsely beautiful and falsely clever —…
- Yurodivy — One who plays the fool deliberately as a religious act, and is therefore licensed to spea…
- Khalyava — Something good got for free and without effort — and, strictly, something you were never…
- Beloruchka — Someone who dodges dirty or hard work — a person whose hands stay conspicuously clean.
- Zapoi — A bender running for days, in which a person drops out of ordinary life entirely.
- Toska — A dull ache of the soul; a great longing with nothing in particular to long for.
From our compliments & insults
- Золотые руки (Zolotye ruki) — You're wonderfully skilled with your hands — a true master at making and fixing things.
- Без царя в голове (Bez tsarya v golove) — Foolish and reckless — with no one in charge upstairs.
- Ты умница (ty umnitsa) — You're bright, clever, and admirable — said warmly of someone who handles things well.