FALSEFRIEND

False friend

False friends are pairs of words or phrases in two languages or dialects that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning. An example is the English embarrassed and the Spanish embarazada, which does not in fact mean 'embarrassed' but rather 'pregnant'.

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false friend

Noun

  1. A word in a foreign language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language, but has a different meaning.


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