UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoHard Out There For A Womanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square161linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-219 days agoYeah, false friends (loan words that don’t mean what they mean in the original language) are super common.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoMixing those up would certainly be embarassing, though :D Example from German: “sensible” is not “sensibel” also “handy” and “Handy”
Yeah, false friends (loan words that don’t mean what they mean in the original language) are super common.
“embarrassed” is not “embarazo”
Mixing those up would certainly be embarassing, though :D
Example from German: “sensible” is not “sensibel”
also “handy” and “Handy”