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Words with different meanings in other languages
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Please add words that sound or look similar in different languages but have totally different meanings. This could be fun  

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He in english
He in german means Hi

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Embarasada en espanol means is an adjective meaning pregnant.  Lots of spanish students accidentally use it for embarrassed.  

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The one that most readily springs to mind is haha

In English, it is an onomatopoeic word for laughter
In Japanese, it means mother

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who in hebrew means he.

he (singular) means she in hebrew

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Quote: from BrokenBelief at 3:46 pm on May 7, 2008
Embarasada en espanol means is an adjective meaning pregnant.  Lots of spanish students accidentally use it for embarrassed.  

It's embarazada.

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chair = is an english word meaning a seat
chair = a french word meaning flesh.

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Well Baka in Japanese is Idiot/stupid but Vaca (pronounced the same) in Spanish is Cow.

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Quote: from MaryLin at 5:52 am on May 7, 2008
Quote: from BrokenBelief at 3:46 pm on May 7, 2008
Embarasada en espanol means is an adjective meaning pregnant.  Lots of spanish students accidentally use it for embarrassed.  

It's embarazada.

Forgive me.  I have made the ultimate spelling error.  An s instead of a z.

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Malicon (boardwalk I think) sounds a lot like maricon (faggot).
Same language, though.

Related to embarazada, I thought pregunta meant pregnant the first time I saw it in print.  Spoken I had never mixed up the word.

Post edited at 10:21 pm on May 7, 2008 by Jettie12

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"motafukar" (sounds like "muddafucker") in Arabic means "thinker."
"kunt" in Arabic means "I/he/she was."
"faqat" (sounds like "fuck it") means "only" in Arabic.


Arabic is loaded with them.

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Quote: from PrincessLillaMarie at 6:20 am on May 7, 2008
Well Baka in Japanese is Idiot/stupid but Vaca (pronounced the same) in Spanish is Cow.

Let me add to this:

Baka in Tagalog could mean either "cow" or "maybe".

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hose- English: rubber tube to water your garden
Hose- German: pants/trousers

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Quote: from BrokenBelief at 7:46 am on May 7, 2008
Embarasada en espanol means is an adjective meaning pregnant.  Lots of Spanish students accidentally use it for embarrassed.  

embaraZada is with Z, yeah, that mistake is very common in English speaking people who learn Spanish.

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