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Key Vocabulary

Equivalent

Equivalente

Caressing

Acariciando

Loan

Préstamo

Subtle

Sutil

Strangeness

Extrañeza

Three Untranslatable Words

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Three Untranslatable Words

If you are a language-lover, take a look at these words, for which you will not find an exact equivalent in other languages.

Intermediate

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How many words do you know for "snow"? In the late 19th century, anthropologist Franz Boas traveled to Baffin Island in Canada to study the language and culture of the indigenous Inuit tribe. Boas claimed that the Inuit had more than fifty words for snow.

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