deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square152linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoDreary is not necessarily wet or cold.
minus-squareVinegarChunks@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYou would never call hot weather “dreary”
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMaybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAh, so there has to be active precipitation.
Dreary
Dreary is not necessarily wet or cold.
You would never call hot weather “dreary”
Maybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
Ah, so there has to be active precipitation.