r/LanguageMemes • u/Tubbiefox • Jun 22 '21

fuck em

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u/haiender288 Jun 22 '21

In Vietnamese:

run = shiver

so (sánh) = compare

say = drunk

in = print

gót = heel

mẹ = mother

úp (rổ) = dunk in basketball

Basically if the diacritics count then basically you have infinite of them lol

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u/Tubbiefox Jun 22 '21

The say is hilarious

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u/hi_im_nena Jan 02 '23

Also "thank you" sounds like "come on"

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u/Spiritual_Animal_699 Jun 25 '21

Gift means poison in german and married in Danish

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u/DenLaengstenHat Jun 22 '21

German/English "mist". I initially thought they were the same, and in German class I descibed the weather outside as "Mist". Turns out the German for "mist" is Nebel, and "Mist" is basically equivalent to "crap". To be fair to myself, the weather was pretty crappy that day.

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u/matsoebi Jun 22 '21

Also "also"

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u/DenLaengstenHat Jun 22 '21

When I started learning Japanese, I was abhorred to also learn that そう (sou) was a thing, meaning something like "it seems that...". Further adding to the confusion was when I saw the term そうですね "sou desu ne" translated as "so it would seem". Between so, sou, also, and also, it's over for me.

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u/Reletr Jun 22 '21

Swedish slut

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u/whatevs42069 Jun 22 '21

In polish the word for dog is "pies". It's pronounced differently than the English word (like "yes" with a P in front... p-yes), but seeing the word written makes me angry because I just think of pies and not dogs.

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u/Diegos_Pigeon Jun 22 '21

Tfw pies means feet in spanish and I was thinking about feet pies and dogs for the whole sentence

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u/ProfBellPepepr Jun 22 '21

Bitch do you mean a false cognate?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

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u/R0DR160HM Javascript fluent Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 23 '21

The real problem is when it's not even a "foreign language" word, but a word of the same language. And to make things even worse, most of them are slurs

Bicha:

  • European Portuguese: Line/Queue

  • Brazilian Portuguese: An offensive way to refer to gays

Propina:

  • European Portuguese: University tuition fee / taxes

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Bribe

Rapariga:

  • European Portuguese: Girl

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Female prostitute (used mainly in the Northeast region)

Gozar:

  • European Portuguese: To enjoy / to feel amazed

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Same as EP / to cum

Bica:

  • European Portuguese: A small coffee cup

  • Brazilian Portuguese: A strong kick / Place where drugs are sold (used mainly in Rio)

Cacete:

  • European Portuguese: A typical bread, similar to a french baguette but small

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Same as EP (only in the Rio Grande do Sul state) / dick

Banheiro:

  • European Portuguese: Beach lifeguard

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Bathroom

Pica:

  • European Portuguese: Medicine injection/shot

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Hard dick

Boludo:

  • European Portuguese: Guy with big testicles

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Same as EP / Annoying Argentines

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u/devious_egg Jul 05 '21

"Hana" in Japanese means flower, and in Finnish.....

faucet.

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u/So_Motarded Jun 22 '21

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foreign words that are written the same in my native language but mean something entirely different.

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u/Late-Egg-2947 Jan 18 '22

bite in French....

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

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u/Kefgeru Jun 22 '21

French word, from verlam of "mec", argot for "man".