15 Words Of Love Across The Globe
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15 Words Of Love Across The Globe

Love is a universal language.

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15 Words Of Love Across The Globe
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Love is probably the most universal language--corny, yet true. Across every continent and culture, we communicate with love. Yet for those seeking a foreign romance, you may have to pick up a word or two in a new language to communicate how much you love someone with words. Below, you will find words from fifteen different languages that all have their own unique meaning in romance. If you are like me, you are going to imagine your cat while reading the descriptions of almost every word (just maybe as a platonic love and not a romantic love).


1. Cafuné

Portuguese, meaning to run your fingers through a lover's hair.

2. Mamihlapinatapai

Yagan, meaning the wordless look between two people who both desire something, yet are equally reluctant to initiate.

3. Oodal

Tamil, meaning the fake anger lovers display after a tiff.

4. Kilig

Tagalog, meaning the feeling of butterflies when something romantic happens.

5. Flechazo

Spanish, meaning love at first sight.

6. B'shert

Yiddish, meaning the seeking of a person who will complement you, and whom you will complement perfectly.

7. Ya'aburnee

Arabic, meaning that to live on without a lover would be no life at all.

8. Koi no yokan

Japanese, meaning when you meet someone and you know you are destined to fall in love.

9. Cwtch

Welsh, meaning the safe place provided by a loved one.

10. Naz

Urdu, meaning the pride you feel from being loved.

11. Amoruccio

Italian, meaning my love.

12. Odnoliub

Russian, meaning someone that has only one love in their life.

13. Forelsket

Norwegian, meaning that euphoric feeling experienced when you start falling in love.

14. Dor

Romanian, meaning the sense of longing when separated from that which you love.

15. Yuan fen

Mandarin, meaning the force that brings us together.

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