ENGLISH WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING ELSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Added on: 10th May 2016
BRAT
In Russian, it means “brother”
FART
In Norwegian, fart means “speed” i.e. how fast you are travelling.
GARY
Although the pronunciation is a bit slanted. “Gary” is essentially
the Japanese word for “diarrhoea”. So, for all the Gary’s
planning on visiting Japan…you’ve been warned.
BRA
In Swedish, it means “good”
SMOKING
In French, this is a tuxedo.
RETARD
Another word with a different meaning in French,
this time it means “delay”
DIE
In Italian, this literally translates to “from” but
colloquially it means “Come on!”.
GIFT
Possibly one of the most ironic words on this list,
in German “gift” means “poison”.
SEAN BEAN
Although the pronunciation is different in Irish, the spelling is
exactly the same. Sean Bean (the actor) translates to “old woman”.
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