Mamihlapinatapai

Posted by paulo Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:52:00 GMT

colaboração de Felipe Meyer

Mamihlapinatapai (sometimes misspelled mamihlapinatapei) is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.

artigo na wikipédia inglesa sobre a palavra.

ps: espero um dia achar (e lembrar da palavra) uma situação pra ela

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