We love language, and this series features words from various languages around the world that capture universal, but complicated, human emotions or situations. It’s fun and (gasp!) educational, too!
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Today’s lesson, on how not to behave:
Tingo— From the Pascuense language of Easter Island, it is the act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.
Source: http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2008/10/12/ten-most-difficult-words-to-translate/
