“Falsaj amikoj” (angla)
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| 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 |