This Russian word is not understood by foreigners: American professor could not translate it

30.03.2024 23:15

There is a word in the Russian language that foreigners do not understand.

Even the American professor Eliot Borenstein, a Slavist and expert in the Russian language, was unable to translate it.

This was reported by sport24.ru .

What Russian word do foreigners not understand?

This word is lawlessness. According to Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary, lawlessness means the extreme degree of lawlessness, disorder.

Professor Borenstein did not find words in the English language that would convey the full breadth of meaning of the word “chaos.”

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According to the professor, this word cannot be translated into other languages without losing its specific meaning.

Earlier we talked about why a hungry person gets angry and takes it out on others.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor