“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 |