Mamihlapinatapai (sometimes spelled mamihlapinatapei) is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate.
[1] It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
Remember those Loony Toons where Bugs Bunny was in Spain? i don’t remember how he got there, wrong turn at Albuquerque or something. anyway, when Bugs was in Spain he wound up in a bull fight. and so there he is, playing matador, the bull is charging at him and he’s got his red matador cape out. the hapless bull lunges at the cape with all his might, unaware that bastard bunny has a brick wall hidden behind it.
i think this is a pretty good metaphor for what it’s like being a romantic.
” —nunca pense que justo este invierno
seria el mas frio que he visto pasar.
yo no sirvo para amar”
” —Jorge Gonzalez