Untranslatable Words: #3
A weekly series exploring beautiful words around the world whose essence cannot be conveyed by language alone.
“Mångata” — Swedish
Have you ever sat at a lake at night and looked at the moon’s reflection upon the water? This is “mångata” — the undulating band of light that stretches all the way across the water like a road made of light. It’s a compound word created from the Swedish words “måne” (moon) and “gata” (street or road).