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ENGLISH WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING ELSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Added on: 10th May 2016

 

BRAT

Brat

In Russian, it means “brother”

 

FART

Fart

In Norwegian, fart means “speed” i.e. how fast you are travelling.

 

 

GARY

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

Bra

In Swedish, it means “good”

 

 

SMOKING

Smoking

In French, this is a tuxedo.

 

 

RETARD

Retard

Another word with a different meaning in French,

this time it means “delay”

 

 

DIE

Die

In Italian, this literally translates to “from” but

colloquially it means “Come on!”.

 

 

GIFT

Gift

Possibly one of the most ironic words on this list,

in German “gift” means “poison”.

 

 

SEAN BEAN

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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