deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFirst_Thunder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoLanche, the meal between lunch and dinner
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month ago“Linner” in English, as the obvious counterpart to “brunch.”
minus-squareQuazatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago“Lanche” is completely separate entity from “jantar” (dinner). When mixed, we call it a “lanche ajantarado” (dinnery lanche). After that we can have “ceia” which is a late, after dinner meal.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month ago Lanche In proper, British English, daily meals are as follows Breakfast Brunch Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea Proper tea Dinner Supper Elevenses (because people forget there are two elevenses) Midnight snack (which can last up to eight hours) Lanche is an afternoon tea.
minus-squarekazerniel@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWe have “uzsonna” for this in Hungarian, but it’s mostly just young kids who have this meal :)
minus-squareJigglypuffSeenFromAbove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAnother common example in Portuguese is “saudade”. It’s the feeling you have when you’re missing something or someone.
Lanche, the meal between lunch and dinner
“Linner” in English, as the obvious counterpart to “brunch.”
“Lanche” is completely separate entity from “jantar” (dinner).
When mixed, we call it a “lanche ajantarado” (dinnery lanche).
After that we can have “ceia” which is a late, after dinner meal.
In proper, British English, daily meals are as follows
Lanche is an afternoon tea.
We have “uzsonna” for this in Hungarian, but it’s mostly just young kids who have this meal :)
Another common example in Portuguese is “saudade”. It’s the feeling you have when you’re missing something or someone.
What language is that?
Portuguese