Ratatouille moment: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USglobalinformalMachine
    • A sudden, vivid sensory experience—often triggered by taste or smell—that evokes a powerful, transporting memory or feeling from another time in one's life.
    • An emotionally moving, transformative moment in which an ordinary stimulus produces a deep, nostalgic or revelatory response.

    Examples

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    • Tasting her grandmother’s apple pie again gave me a Ratatouille moment, flooding me with childhood memories.

      Probar de nuevo la tarta de manzana de mi abuela me produjo un momento Ratatouille, llenándome de recuerdos de la infancia.

    • Whenever I smell fresh basil, I have a Ratatouille moment that takes me back to my summers in Italy.

      Cada vez que huelo albahaca fresca, tengo un momento Ratatouille que me transporta a mis veranos en Italia.

    • The unexpected taste of that spice triggered a Ratatouille moment, reminding her of her mother's cooking.

      El sabor inesperado de esa especia provocó un momento Ratatouille que le recordó la cocina de su madre.

Examples:

  • EN: That's what moves you to another time in your life, which is like that Ratatouille moment.
    ID: Itu yang mengingatkanmu akan masa hidupmu yang lain, seperti momen Ratatouille.

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Source: Wiktionary

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