- hundo: mezgranda besto, kutime tenita kiel familibesto aŭ pro ĝia bonega gardada kaj ĉasada lertecoj, tre lojala kaj tial ofte nomata “la plej bona amiko de la homo”.
(Sentences from tatoeba.org)
El https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Appendix/False_friends#German
| German Word (Deutsches Wort) | Correct Esperanto Word (Richtiges Esperanto-Wort ) | False Friend (Falscher Freund) | Definition of the False Friend (Definition des Falscher Freund) |
|---|---|---|---|
| alt | malnova, maljuna | alta | hoch |
| Dom | katedralo | domo | Haus |
| ein | unu | ajn | auch nur |
| Frage | demando | frago | Erdbeere |
| Gestell | framo | stelo | Stern |
| Glatze | kalvaĵo | glacio | Eis |
| Kante | eĝo | kanto | Lied |
| Katze | kato | kaco | Penis |
| Mord | murdo | mordo | Biss |
| Muschi | vagino | muŝo | Fliege |
| Sonnenbrille | sunprotektaj okulvitroj | sunbrilo | Sonnenschein |
| Sorte | speco, tipo | sorto | Schicksal |
| starren | fiksrigardi, rigide rigardi | stari | stehen |
| Wirt | gastejestro | virto | Tugend |
El https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Appendix/False_friends#Spanish
| Spanish Word (Palabra en español) | Correct Esperanto Word (Palabra correcta en esperanto) | False Friend (Falso amigo) | Definition of the False Friend (Definición del falso amigo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| churro | benjeto | ĉuro | esperma |
| el | la | el | de |
| planeta | planedo | planeto | plano pequeño |
| puta | putino | puto | fuente |
| rostro | vizaĝo | rostro | trompa |
| sed | soifo | sed | pero |
| sin | sen | sin | se |
| tía | onklino | tia | tal, así |
| tío | onklo | tio | eso, aquello |
El https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Appendix/False_friends#English
| English Word | Correct Esperanto Word | False Friend | Definition of the False Friend |
|---|---|---|---|
| (to be) able | povi, kapabli | ebli | to be possible |
| abort | abortigi | aborti | suffer miscarriage |
| adult | plenkreskulo | adulti | commit adultery (sex with married person) |
| affair (love affair) | amafero | afero | thing, affair (not necessary a love affair) |
| arrow | sago | aro | group, collection |
| attend | prizorgi (malsanulon), ĉeesti (spektaklon) | atendi | to wait for, to expect |
| ball (for throwing) | pilko, globo | balo | ball (for dancing) |
| bone | osto | bone | well (good) |
| closet | kamero | klozeto | flush toilet |
| crayon | paŝtelo | krajono | pencil |
| curious | scivola | kurioza | odd, interesting |
| demand (noun) | postulo | demando | question |
| dick | kaco, peniso | dika | thick |
| dike | digo | dike | thick; in a thick way ; thickly |
| dung | fekaĵo | dungo | employment |
| dyke | (viraspekta) samseksemulino | dike | thick; in a thick way; thickly |
| enter | eniri | enterigi | to bury, to inter |
| fake | trompa, artefarita | fake | according to department; by specialty; by specialization |
| fart | furzi | farti | to fare |
| fine | delikata, fajna (thin), monpuno (monetary fine) | fine | finally |
| for | por | for | away |
| forest | arbaro, forsto | foresto | absence |
| fuck | fiki | fako | department |
| glove | ganto | glavo | sword |
| inside | interne (de) | inside | insidiously |
| internet | interreto | interneto | insides (noun, diminutivized) |
| ion | jono | ion | something (accusative) |
| large | granda | larĝa | wide |
| live | viva, vivi | live | to the left |
| male | virseksa | male | in the opposite way |
| memorize | parkerigi | memori | to remember |
| muse | muzo | muso | mouse |
| novel | romano | novelo | short story |
| nun | monaĥino | nun | now |
| organ (musical instrument) | orgeno (ankaŭ) | organo | organ (of the body) |
| paragraph | alineo | paragrafo | (1) section (the subdivision of a chapter of a legal or technical document). Ankaŭ, (2) Section Symbol (§) |
| parents | gepatroj | parencoj | relatives |
| participate | partopreni | participo | participle (grammatical term) |
| peach | persiko | piĉo | vagina, vulva |
| penis | peniso | penis | made an effort, tried |
| petite | malgranda (ĝenerale je virinaj vestaĵoj) | petite | having been asked/requested |
| pollution | poluado | polucio | nocturnal emission |
| redact | cenzuri | redakti | to edit |
| restoration | restaŭrado | restoracio | restaurant |
| remark | diri | rimarki | notice |
| salt | salo | salti | to jump |
| sane | sanmensa | sana | healthy |
| shat | fekis | ŝati | appreciate |
| sin | peko, peki | sin | oneself/themselves (accusative) |
| sin | peko, peki | sino | bosom, breast, lap |
| soft | mola (ankaŭ) | softa (neologismo anstataŭ mallaŭta) | quiet, soft-spoken, sotto voce |
| sort | speco, ordigi | sorto | fate |
| stare | rigardi fixe | stari | to stand |
| tend | varti | tendo | tent |
| tent | tendo | tenti | tempt, seduce |
| toilet (for human waste) | klozeto, necesejo | tualeto | dressing up |
| true | vera | truo | hole |
| turd | feko | turdo | thrush (bird) |
| UK | Britio | UK | Esperanto world congress |
| vegetable | legomo | vegetalo | plant |
| via | per | via | your, yours |
| whore | putino | horo | hour |