“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 |
