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by Lior_C
Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: False cognates thread
Replies: 45
Views: 117217

Re: False cognates thread

Thanks for clarifying. I though false friends were similar sounding words that meant different things and that didn't necessarily need to be related or similar origins
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False cognates thread
Replies: 45
Views: 117217

Re: False cognates thread

אריה: Ariyeh. Lion
Aria: An operatic music scene
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False cognates thread
Replies: 45
Views: 117217

Re: False cognates thread

כיתה : "Classroom" in Hebrew(kitah). Quita: "Take this out" in Spanish. German Kita (< Ki nder ta gesstätte) 'day care' springs to my mind here. Of course, a day care is not a classroom either, but reasonably close. That's interesting. I guess it's used as slang, informally.
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False cognates thread
Replies: 45
Views: 117217

Re: False cognates thread

כיתה : "Classroom" in Hebrew(kitah).
Quita: "Take this out" in Spanish.
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False friends thread
Replies: 72
Views: 220880

Re: False friends thread

I have more in hebrew:

מים: maim, water
ma'am: english

קל: easy (kal)
EDIT: cal (Spanish for lime, the mineral)
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False cognates thread
Replies: 45
Views: 117217

Re: False cognates thread

מרכז: Center in hebrew (merkaz)
Mercado: Spanish for market
by Lior_C
Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: False friends thread
Replies: 72
Views: 220880

Re: False friends thread

Hebrew/Spanish:

מסיבה: Mesibah (Means party in Hebrew)

Masiva: Is the feminine singular for Massive, in Spanish.

I got this false friend from a song in Spanish. I thought it was about parties.