25 English words that have a different meaning in a foreign language

1. The English word ‘fart’ means speed in Norwegian. Also ‘smell’ means impact.
2. The term for clarified butter is ‘ghee’ in English (which is derived from Hindi), which means shit in Kurdish.
3. The word ‘kiss’ means pee in Swedish.
4. The English word ‘preservative’ means condom in French (pronounced preservatif).
5. ‘Lol’ actually means ‘fun’ in Dutch. “We hebben lol” translates to “we are having fun.”
6. The English word ‘Crap’ means Carp (type of a fish) in Romanian. They sell fish-egg salad there and it looks like this.
7. ‘Sean Bean’ (the actor) means old woman in Irish although in fairness the pronunciation is different.
8. The English derogatory word ‘Slut’ means finish/close/end in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
9. ‘Brat’ means ‘brother’ in Russian (брат).
10. The English word ‘gift’ means poison in in German.
11. In Italian ‘dai’ sounds exactly like ‘die’ to English speakers and it means something like “come on!”
12. ‘Trombone’ means paperclip in French.
13. ‘Cut’ sounds like ‘kut’ in Dutch, which means cunt.
14. The word ‘retard’ means late In French. One might say “Désolé, je suis en retard!” when you’re running late for something.
15. ‘Puxe’ read as push in Portuguese means pull.
16. The word ‘smoking’ in French means tuxedo.
17. ‘Vader’ means father in Dutch.
18. The English word ‘Fuck’ sounds like ‘phoque’ in French, which means a seal.
19. ‘Bra’ is Swedish means good.
20. English word ‘The Ace’ as in deck of cards or someone who is really good at something translates to ‘Das Ass’ in German.
21. The English word ‘fart’ means ‘pet’ in French.
22. Nah (as in no) sounds like “Nai” (Ναι) which means ‘yes’ in Greek.
23. The Finnish word for ‘bag’ is ‘pussi.’ If you want to buy a paper bag for your groceries, you politely ask for a paperipussi. Sometimes the stores advertise their new, larger bag types. That’s when you buy a megapussi.
24. Common English named ‘Gary’ means ‘diarrhea’ in Japanese. If you said “I’m Gary” (ゲリです。), it would sound like “I have diarrhea.”
25. In Hebrew ‘me’ means who, ‘who’ means he, ‘he’ means she and ‘dog’ means fish.

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