falso amigo

Galician

Noun

falso amigo m (plural falsos amigos)

1. false friend

Portuguese

Noun

falso amigo m (plural falsos amigos)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see falso,‎ amigo.
2. (linguistics) false friend (word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in a language)

Related terms

• falso cognato

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfalso aˈmiɡo/ [ˌfal.so aˈmi.ɣ̞o]
• Syllabification: fal‧so a‧mi‧go

Noun

falso amigo m (plural falsos amigos)

1. false friend

Further reading

• “falso amigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10