deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square165linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square165linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoDreary is not necessarily wet or cold.
minus-squareVinegarChunks@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI would never call hot weather “dreary”
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoMaybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAh, so there has to be active precipitation.
Dreary is not necessarily wet or cold.
I 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.