Other Words from untranslatable

untranslatability \ ˌən-(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌlā-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē

, -(ˌ)tranz- \ noun

… a revealing exposition of the untranslatability of a joke about weasels and tractors. — Brian Logan

untranslatably \ ˌən-tran(t)s-ˈlā-tə-blē

, -tranz- \ adverb

Examples of untranslatable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The other word that keeps coming up is licoroso, one of those famously untranslatable Portuguese words. — Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 Maybe the really good stuff is built differently—and is irreconcilably untranslatable. — Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021 But Austad doesn’t dismiss unique lessons as untranslatable. — Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021 In this context, the language of truth is not simply untranslatable but illegible in the original. — Justin Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021 Corrales’ colleague Danilo Chacón referred to the specimen as a bicho grande, using an untranslatable term that falls somewhere between critter and beast. — Myles Karp, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020 These words are untranslatable: the linguistically bespoke. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 21 Dec. 2019 Ikh bin dokh a yid,’ which is of course untranslatable. — Gabe Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019 Writing in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, Vértiz honors and relishes the feeling of being untranslatable. — Rosa Boshier, Washington Post, 17 June 2019 See More

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