ENGLISH WORDS THAT AMUSINGLY MEAN SOMETHING ELSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Added on: 11th Jul 2016
CRAP
In Romanian, this means “carp”, as in the fish. In fact, many
of the fish egg salads sold in Romania have the word
“crap” plastered on them.
VADER
In Dutch, it means “father”.
TROMBONE
In French, this is a paperclip.
In Swedish, “kiss” means “pee”.
DUMP
This means “bump” in Swedish. If you’ve been paying attention
you’ll have noticed that “speed bump” in Swedish would
be “fart dump”.
AIR
In Indonesian, this means “water”.
PEPPERONI
In Italian, this is a chili pepper.
HANDY
This means “cellphone” in German.
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