falso amigo

Galician

Noun

falso amigo m

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

Noun

falso amigo m (plural falsos amigos)

1. false friend

Further reading

• “falso amigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014