deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days 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 · 24 days agomessage-square152linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoDreary is not necessarily wet or cold.
minus-squareVinegarChunks@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agoYou would never call hot weather “dreary”
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoMaybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoAh, so there has to be active precipitation.
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.