Well, everything can be explained in one way or another but the idea is that there's no direct translation to get the full meaning. My favorite is the German wo

Well, everything can be explained in one way or another but the idea is that there's no direct translation to get the full meaning. My favorite is the German word schadenfreude which clearly has no direct translation into English. It means something like pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. Notice how many words it takes to explain it...