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Words with different meanings in other languages
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Quote: from Jettie12 at 6:52 pm on May 7, 2008

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.


You mean MalEcon with E, (seaside walk path)  

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Quote: from BrokenBelief at 5:46 am on May 7, 2008

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

It means Embarrassed in Italian.    I guess being pregnant would be embarrassing...but then I'm a guy...

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Quote: from Spasty at 2:47 am on May 8, 2008

"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.

 
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the second kunt doesn't mean she/HE;;;it mean i was !

the third one faqat : we have not 'q' it's 9 which when u pronounce is totally different !

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Embrasser - in French, sounds like it should mean "to embrace" but it actually means to kiss in modern French, aparently.
Similarly, Assister - doesn't mean "to assist" it means "to attend," while Attendre is "to wait."

Those are the only ones that come to mind.

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Quote: from amanitta at 9:24 am on May 9, 2008

Quote: from Spasty at 2:47 am on May 8, 2008

"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.


the second kunt doesn't mean she/HE;;;it mean i was !

the third one faqat : we have not 'q' it's 9 which when u pronounce is totally different !


Sorry, I meant I was/you were. I wasn't paying attention to what I was saying. ;p

q = ق
I don't like using numbers when I'm transliterating for people who don't speak any Arabic. The idea of a 3, 7, or 9 making any sound other than "three," "seven," or "nine" is preposterous to them.

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