“Papillon. Means butterfly in french and its fun to say.”– kk1289

“Krankenwagen”

“German for ambulance.”

– 8thFurno

“When I was a kid, the first Xbox 360 game I ever got was a Spanish copy of Halo 3 (I don’t speak Spanish). At the beginning of the campaign, the characters keep saying ‘careful’ over and over again. Because of this, ‘cuidado’ has become one of my favorite Spanish words, and the voice they used has become my default voice to say other Spanish words. My other favorite has to be ‘resbaloso’. A large, exaggerated r roll and a boisterous tone just makes this one of the most fun words to say in any language.”– AdriftMusic

“Winkel. It means ‘shop’ in Dutch.”

– MrRonObvious

“Gowniaki – polish for ‘Sh*tling’ in reference of annoying kids.” – BmMjO

“Pendejo.”

– Broccoli_Vivid

“’Tabarnak!’ I love how, instead of being bodily-function based like English swear words, French Canadian sacres are mostly related to Catholicism. This one is my favourite as it’s the rough equivalent of the versatile ‘f”k’ swear in English, so many uses.”

– jerrys153

“Verschlimmbesserung – German noun for an attempted improvement that only makes things worse.”

– JR_0507

“Meerschweinchen, it’s German for Guinea Pigs, I like it because it literally means ‘little sea pigs’. Which makes no sense.”

– AdvantageBig568

“kalsarikännit – originating in Finland, in which the drinker consumes alcoholic drinks at home, dressed in as little clothing as possible, mainly in underwear with no intention of going out.”

– evendronesflyaway

“Saudade – Portuguese for ‘a nostalgic longing for something that no longer exists and knowing that it may never return’. What a lovely word.” – reddit

“Yalla in Arabic means hurry up let’s go or right now depending how you use it.” – Ntayeh

“Die!!!!

It means stop/ enough in Hebrew.

My kids yell it at anything/one that frustrates them.” – litvisherebbetzin

“puto, sometimes it’s rice sometimes it’s swear, you’ll never know.” – DependentPoint2458

“chèri

which translates to “darling” in english. idk why i love that term so much it sounds so sexy omg.” – reddit

“Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher, A german word for someone, who causes predetermined breaking points in an egg shell.” – reddit

“oiseaux – its french for “birds” and none of it is pronounced the way it looks like it should.” – QueenAmpharos

“I know you’re looking for non-English words here but I’m not a native English speaker so English words count for me.

I like the word sibling. In my language (Dutch) we do not have a word for it. Instead when you want to say “siblings” you have to say this awkward my brothers and sisters. Sibling(s) is a really convenient word.

On a similar note, Dutch also does not have the word cousin. Everyone is a niece or nephew regardless of generational relationship.” – altpirate

“Lebensabschnittpartner = Lover or Partner lit. The Person I am with Today

Estrella = Star

積ん読 = Acquiring books and letting them pile up unread.” – Sadimal

“English
Serendipity

D’harawal (an Australian Aboriginal language)
Wurunin (joy)

Spanish
Cucaracha (cockroack) – because of the song

Italian
Dolcemente (gently)

German
Gemütlichkeit (cosiness and contentment)*
*Updated below

French
Soixante-dix (seventy)

Turkish
Kesinlikle! (exactly!)

Indonesian
Terima kasih (thanks)

Singlish
Can (both a question and a statement)

Arabic
Wallah Wallah (I swear!)

Russian
я машина! ‘Ya mashina!’ (I’m the Machine!)” –

“Ikigai – lit. The Fruit of Life (in Japanese).

It is the philosophy of how to live a good life, it’s elements and how to exercise them.” – ImpeachedPeach

“Lebensmüde – Lebensmüde is a compound noun made up of the words Leben (life) and müde (tired). It, therefore, translates to ‘life tired’ and describes the feeling of being tired or weary.” – Black_Crow_Dog

“Kunst.

To an English ear, it sounds distinctly uncultured but it means ‘art’

There’s a heck of a lot of Deutsche in this list.” – TabbyOverlord

“Les haricots vert — French for green beans” – TLE274

“Meine Schatz” it’s something like my treasure or used like my love or my darling in German, it’s the first word an ex taught me and I kept telling her again and again.” – Lezonidas

“Mi amor/mi amour in either Spanish or French (I like both) which means my love.” – IamMaiSFS

“Tsujigiri, an old Japanese word meaning when a samurai gets a new weapon or learns a new technique and tests it on a random civilian.” – Gee_Gog

“Komorebi (木漏れ日)

Japanese for sunlight that shines through trees. I like the sound of the word but also the fact that a word for such a concept exists in the first place.” – Bratfahrer

“Maski (pronounced musk-ee) in pidgin. It means leave it, or never mind.

Petite Coeur, a term of endearment in French. It literally means little heart, but how cute is it?!” – reddit