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Cambridge Dictionary definition:
A false friend is a word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar.
Below you’ll see English words and the meaning in Portuguese. You’ll also see similar Portuguese words with the real meaning in English. Forgive me, but I don’t speak Portuguese, so I won’t read the translations. Check out the pronunciation of the words below.
Actual – real, verdadeiro | Atual – current |
Actually – na verdade, de fato | Atualmente – currently, nowadays |
Adept – perito, profundo conhecedor | Adepto – follower, supporter |
Advert – notar | Advertir – to warn, to advise |
Agenda – pauta do dia, pauta para discussões | Agenda – organizer, diary |
Alias – nome falso, cognato | Aliás – else, moreover, furthermore / besides |
Alms – esmola | Almas – souls |
Alumnus – aluno já formado | Aluno – student/pupil |
Amass – acumular, juntar | Amassar – to crush |
Anthem – hino | Antena – aerial, antenna |
Balcony – sacada, varanda suspensa | Balcão – counter |
Barracks – caserna, quartel | Barraca – tent |
Beef – carne bovina | Bife – steak |
Bond – elo, vínculo, apólice | Bonde – streetcar, trolley car |
College – faculdade | Colégio – school |
Commodity – artigo, mercadoria | Comodidade – convenience |
Comprehensive – abrangente, extenso | Compreensivo – understanding / tolerant |
Conceal – ocultar, dissimular | Conselho – advice |
Confident – confiante | Confidente – confidant |
Construe – explicar, interpelar | Construir – to build |
Contest – competição, concurso | Contestar – to impeach, to impugn / to controvert |
Conversant – conhecedor, versado | Conversador – talkative person, loquacious person |
Education – instrução, formação escolar | Educação (boas maneiras) – politeness, good manners |
Effective – eficaz, que produz efeito | Efetivo – permanent |
Elaborate – esmerar, aperfeiçoar | Elaborar – develop, prepare |
Ingenuity – engenhosidade, criatividade | Ingenuidade – verdancy, greenness, naivety |
Ingenious – hábil, engenhoso | Ingênuo – naive, ingenuous |
Lamp – luminária | Lâmpada – light bulb |
Fate – destino | Fato – fact, event, happening |
Figure – número | Figura – picture |