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Feelings you know but could not quite name — and words that fool you. These are honest seeds pending native review (ADR-060): a starting map, never the final word.

Feeling words

Portuguese being checked

saudade

a tender, bittersweet longing for someone or something absent — carrying both the ache of the absence and the sweetness of having had it.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Portuguese speaker

English reaches for “longing / nostalgia”. English needs a whole phrase ("a bittersweet longing for what is gone") where Portuguese has one word; "nostalgia" is only the sweet half, "grief" only the sad half.

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Vietnamese being checked

thương

a gentle, caring love-with-compassion — softer and more everyday than romantic "yêu" (love); the warmth you feel caring for family or someone vulnerable.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Vietnamese speaker

English reaches for “love / tenderness”. English "love" is one big word; Vietnamese splits it — "thương" is the tender, protective care that English can only reach with extra words.

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French being checked

retrouvailles

finding each other again after a long time — the reunion, usually a joyful one.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native French speaker

English reaches for “reunion”. "Reunion" names the event; French names the feeling inside it.

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tuha (туга) Ukrainian being checked

туга

a deep, heavy yearning or sorrow — a heartache for something distant or lost, weightier than "sadness".

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Ukrainian speaker

English reaches for “yearning / melancholy”. English "melancholy" is close but literary; "tuha" is the everyday word for a heavy, longing sorrow.

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abhimān (Bengali অভিমান · Hindi अभिमान) Hindi being checked

অভিমান

the tender, hurt kind of pride you feel when someone you LOVE has slighted you — a loving sulk, not arrogance; it exists only because you care.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Hindi speaker

English reaches for “wounded pride / a loving sulk”. One word, two languages: the loving-sulk sense is strongest in Bengali (অভিমান); in Hindi, अभिमान usually means pride. English "pride" leans arrogant; the Bengali sense is the opposite — a soft hurt that only love can cause.

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Spanishfalse friend being checked

ilusión

hopeful, happy ANTICIPATION — the bright excitement of looking forward to something ("me hace ilusión" = it makes me happy/excited).

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Spanish speaker

Looks like “illusion (looks like)”. It does NOT mean a deceptive "illusion". It is a POSITIVE feeling — a false friend that flips from negative to warm.

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Words for moments and people

These name a moment or a person, not a feeling — so they stay off the feeling map.

Spanish being checked

sobremesa

the relaxed, unhurried time spent talking at the table AFTER a meal is finished — the contentment of lingering with people, food long done.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Spanish speaker

English reaches for “(no word) after-meal chat”. English has no word at all for this warm, low-energy togetherness; you have to describe the whole scene.

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Frenchfalse friend being checked

sympathique

likeable, nice, friendly — a person who is pleasant company.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native French speaker

Looks like “sympathetic (looks like)”. It does NOT mean feeling "sympathy" for someone. Calling a party "sympa" means it was fun, not sad.

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Portuguesefalse friend being checked

esquisito

weird, strange, off-putting — something that feels odd or unpleasant.

Being checked: not yet reviewed by a native Portuguese speaker

Looks like “exquisite (looks like)”. It does NOT mean "exquisite / delightful". A false friend that flips from lovely to off-putting.

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My word

A feeling word from a language you know — one this atlas is missing. Place it on the map and say what it means. Nothing is saved or sent.

My feeling word

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Why collect them?

Every feeling word here names a real place on the same feeling map you already have — it just gives you a label you were missing. A bigger vocabulary is not a bigger heart; it is a map with more names on it, and the false friends are the reminder that the words never line up one-to-one.