deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 days agoSecond one is “appreciate” in English.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoNot really. “Aproverchar” means more like “I have this things that I would normally throw out but I will used for X instead”. You wouldn’t say “I had some left over chicken so I appreciated it to make corquetas”.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI second the person before you, that is literally appreciate (a thing)
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoCloser to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal
Second one is “appreciate” in English.
Not really. “Aproverchar” means more like “I have this things that I would normally throw out but I will used for X instead”. You wouldn’t say “I had some left over chicken so I appreciated it to make corquetas”.
I second the person before you, that is literally
appreciate (a thing)Closer to “appropriate” (the verb, not the adjective) but still not quite, it’s too formal