1. Estrenar
To experience wearing something for the first time. Like a silky-smooth new dress shirt straight out of the box.
2. Gigil
A Filipino word for the act of wanting to pinch something because it is so cute.
3. Bakku-shan
A word for a woman who looks gorgeous and beautiful from behind but completely opposite when it comes to her front-side appearance. Similar to “butter face” or “but-her face” in English.
4. Pana Po’o
The act of scratching your head to help you remember something you may have forgotten.
5. Kummerspeck
Extra and excess weight one has gained from emotional overeating. Often due to depression or stress.
6. Merienda
A meal in between lunch and dinner. Could be just a snack or an actual meal.
7. Shouganai
A word referring to something that can’t be helped. Kind of like saying, “What can you do about it?”
8. Greng-jai
A Thai word for the feeling of wanting to ask someone for help but doubting yourself because you feel bad for imposing on them.
9. Hygge
A word used for a friendly, intimate feeling one gets when sitting around a fire in the winter with close companions.
10. Slampadato
What the Italians calls someone who looks unnaturally orange and tan from spending way too much time in tanning salons.
