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30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by Toybreezy: 8:17am On Sep 23, 2014
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)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.”
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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. ‘Lul’ as in ‘lulz’ means penis in Dutch.
8. ‘Sean Bean’ (the actor) means old woman in Irish although in fairness the pronunciation is different.
9. The English derogatory word ‘Slut’ means finish/close/end in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. Example
10. ‘Brat’ means ‘brother’ in Russian (брат).

11. The English word ‘gift’ means poison in in German.
12. In Italian ‘dai’ sounds exactly like ‘die’ to English speakers and it means something like “come on!”
13. ‘Trombone’ means paperclip in French.
14. ‘Cut’ sounds like ‘kut’ in Dutch, which means cunt.
15. The word ‘retard’ means late In French. One might say “Désolé, je suis en retard!” when you’re running late for something.
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16. ‘Puxe’ read as push in Portuguese means pull.
17. The word ‘smoking’ in French means tuxedo.
18. ‘Vader’ means father in Dutch.
19. The English word ‘Bleep’ sounds like ‘phoque’ in French, which means a seal.
20. ‘Bra’ is Swedish means good.
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21. English word ‘The Ace’ as in deck of cards or someone who is really good at something translates to ‘Das Ass’ in German.
22. The English word ‘fart’ means ‘pet’ in French.
23. Nah (as in no) sounds like “Nai” (Ναι) which means ‘yes’ in Greek.
24. English word ‘pig’ sounds like the Danish (also Dutch) word ‘pik’, which means dick.
25. The English word “Bite” means dick in French. Fortunately, it really sounds different (“bee-teuh”), so you don’t need to care that much.
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26. 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.
27. The English word ‘manure’ is called ‘mist’ in German.
28. 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.”
29. English word ‘louder’ in Hindi roughly means penis (Lau-da, to be precise).
30. In Hebrew ‘me’ means who, ‘who’ means he, ‘he’ means she and ‘dog’ means fish.

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Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by Toybreezy: 8:20am On Sep 23, 2014
So watch the english words you use in foriegn countries
Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by zizazizu: 8:30am On Sep 23, 2014
Ok. This is Bra! Very Bra! (Bra in Swedish means Good) wink
Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by Nobody: 8:45am On Sep 23, 2014
30. In Hebrew ‘me’ means who, ‘who’ means he, ‘he’ means she and ‘dog’ means fish.

Hian, is this even possible.
Me - Who, Who - He, He - She?... grin
Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by Nobody: 9:50am On Sep 23, 2014
Noted.

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Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by 2cato: 8:51pm On Sep 23, 2014
For ur mind u don do reserch
Re: 30 English Words That Has Different Meaning In A Foreign Language by Nobody: 10:37pm On Sep 23, 2014
Toybreezy:
7. ‘Lul’ as in ‘lulz’ means penis in Dutch.
23. Nah (as in no) sounds like “Nai” (Ναι) which means ‘yes’ in Greek.
24. English word ‘pig’ sounds like the Danish (also Dutch) word ‘pik’, which means dick.
25. The English word “Bite” means dick in French. Fortunately, it really sounds different (“bee-teuh”), so you don’t need to care that much.
26. 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.
28. 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.”
29. English word ‘louder’ in Hindi roughly means penis (Lau-da, to be precise).
30. In Hebrew ‘me’ means who, ‘who’ means he, ‘he’ means she and ‘dog’ means fish.
Holy gosh!!
These got me laughing real hard =D

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