What's a word in your language that has a different meaning in English?

Gift = poison in German   1 reply

A lot of words in my country come from other languages, especially english. Many of them entered our vocabulary during the U.S. occupation of the dominican republic, and over time they evolved into dominican slang. This can be pretty confusing and funny when talking to foreigners. Some of these words are originally english, but dominicans basically......   reply

one time a filipino friend said i wanna eat puto and my mexican ass was clutching my pearls (puto means bitch/male wh*re in spanish but in the Philippines its a sweet rice cake)   reply

In texting in indonesian, ppl say ngga or nga. This sounds like the n word but it’s actually short for ‘enggak’ and that translates to not   reply

Meme means boobs in Turkish also "am" (for example "I am a person") am means pussy in Turkish   reply

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Hmm well in French when we talk about shredded/grated cheese we say fromage râpé and some people learning english make the mistake of saying "raped cheese" because it sounds like a litteral translation but it's really not. There's also preservative (préservatif) which is a food additive in english and a condom in French   2 reply

The word for bread in French is "pain"...   reply

Eye and e-ye (bird) Jade and ja-de (to go out) Aye and a-ye (life)   2 reply