A list of 69 words by sionnach.
- speckwas added by sionnach and appears on 25 lists
- casualidadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- novelwas added by sionnach and appears on 64 lists
- inhabitablewas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- exhibitionwas added by sionnach and appears on 17 lists
- cavewas added by sionnach and appears on 45 lists
- realizarwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- contestarwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- compromisowas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- carpetawas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tunawas added by sionnach and appears on 44 lists
- sensiblewas added by sionnach and appears on 31 lists
- revolverwas added by sionnach and appears on 21 lists
- oncewas added by sionnach and appears on 28 lists
- molestarwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- Éxitowas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- actualwas added by sionnach and appears on 39 lists
- patronwas added by sionnach and appears on 46 lists
- painwas added by sionnach and appears on 50 lists
- formidablewas added by sionnach and appears on 123 lists
- lecturewas added by sionnach and appears on 28 lists
- litwas added by sionnach and appears on 46 lists
- fourwas added by sionnach and appears on 52 lists
- leverwas added by sionnach and appears on 31 lists
- miserwas added by sionnach and appears on 58 lists
- mangerwas added by sionnach and appears on 32 lists
- mainwas added by sionnach and appears on 26 lists
- retardwas added by sionnach and appears on 51 lists
- raisinwas added by sionnach and appears on 28 lists
- direwas added by sionnach and appears on 82 lists
- coinwas added by sionnach and appears on 55 lists
- boutwas added by sionnach and appears on 49 lists
- braswas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- chancewas added by sionnach and appears on 59 lists
- centwas added by sionnach and appears on 19 lists
- additionwas added by sionnach and appears on 23 lists
- warwas added by sionnach and appears on 74 lists
- conwas added by sionnach and appears on 51 lists
- spurwas added by sionnach and appears on 71 lists
- smokingwas added by sionnach and appears on 21 lists
- quotewas added by sionnach and appears on 42 lists
- bangwas added by sionnach and appears on 60 lists
- alsowas added by sionnach and appears on 28 lists
- laborwas added by sionnach and appears on 40 lists
- senderwas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- seewas added by sionnach and appears on 69 lists
- sternwas added by sionnach and appears on 50 lists
- wandwas added by sionnach and appears on 32 lists
- staplerwas added by sionnach and appears on 13 lists
- pensionwas added by sionnach and appears on 28 lists
- romanwas added by sionnach and appears on 17 lists
- genialwas added by sionnach and appears on 98 lists
- herbwas added by sionnach and appears on 43 lists
- parolewas added by sionnach and appears on 23 lists
- gymnasiumwas added by sionnach and appears on 16 lists
- chefwas added by sionnach and appears on 30 lists
- brandwas added by sionnach and appears on 45 lists
- artwas added by sionnach and appears on 93 lists
- fastwas added by sionnach and appears on 66 lists
- slipwas added by sionnach and appears on 57 lists
- qualmwas added by sionnach and appears on 133 lists
- tripperwas added by sionnach and appears on 10 lists
- badwas added by sionnach and appears on 72 lists
- baldwas added by sionnach and appears on 26 lists
- mistwas added by sionnach and appears on 115 lists
- puffwas added by sionnach and appears on 40 lists
- handywas added by sionnach and appears on 22 lists
- ratwas added by sionnach and appears on 64 lists
- giftwas added by sionnach and appears on 31 lists
misterpolly commented on the list faux-amis
Fun list for those who know German and French. A nice Italian "falso amico" is "morbido" = soft (morboso = morbid).
A friend who worked for Lever Bros. tells me that they tried (unsuccessfully) to market a deodorant spray in Germany with the unhappy name of "Body Mist". A little homework might have saved them a lot of money - not even a free gift would have helped.
January 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the list faux-amis
Great idea, sionnach. :-)
January 9, 2008
sionnach commented on the list faux-amis
I'm still working on the French ones. Spanish still to come.
January 9, 2008
padawan commented on the list faux-amis
i made one of the english words that are false friends to spanish, and added the definitions in both languages to each word. now that i found this one i don't know if i should keep working on mine...
January 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list faux-amis
Absolutely, padawan! Definitely keep working on it.
sionnach, once again... If you keep hogging all the genius, what will the rest of us do?! *rolls eyes*
January 10, 2008
sionnach commented on the list faux-amis
Padawan: yes, please keep adding to your list! My Spanish is not all that good, so there are a lot of words that I will not know.
padawan's list
January 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the list faux-amis
I second (third?) c_b and sionnach, padawan. It's always interesting to compare similar lists, too!
January 10, 2008