Talk:false friend

It could be useful to create a list of false friends in various languages. Something like:


 * FF /      Language / Sounds like / True meaning
 * demander  French     demand       ask
 * embarazada Spanish   embarrassed   pregnant
 * discusion Spanish    discussion   argument
 * discutir  Spanish    discuss      argue

213.208.107.91 2 July 2005 14:48 (UTC)


 * Categories, (for example Category:False friends by language, Category:Spanish false friends) would be easier, and pretty cool. Ric | opiaterein 01:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

"one's own language"
Technically a false friend doesn't have to be a false friend to a word in one's own language, though I'm not sure how to rephrase the definition to clarify this. DAgosta 01:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have made some changes to rectify this. ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 03:05, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

true friend
The opposite of a false friend: words tha look alike and also mean something similar JMGN (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2023 (UTC)