Don't Get Fooled by "False Friends" Nenechajte sa nachytať "falošnými priateľmi"

Five sneaky English words that look Slovak but mean something completely different. Learn them in 5 minutes — before they trip you up in a real conversation.

Definition: False friends are words in two languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings. Because of this similarity, learners often assume the word means the same thing in both languages — leading to mistakes.

Falošní priatelia sú slová v dvoch jazykoch, ktoré vyzerajú alebo znejú podobne, ale majú odlišný význam. Kvôli tejto podobnosti si študenti často myslia, že slovo znamená to isté v oboch jazykoch — čo vedie k chybám.