CLC_LEC1 - False Friends

Follow the example and rewrite the sentences, replacing the false friends in bold by the
correct word from the box.

Example: That film was an exit. / That film was a success. Opinion
Private

1. She cried a lot when she heard the notice about her grandma´s death. Sensitive

2. The thieves used an arm to rob the bank. Damage

3. She is always smiling to everyone. She’s really a sympathetic person. Charge

4. The farmers had a great prejudice with the flood. Watch

5. The student took appointments of the whole class. Cold

6. He is a good father because he always listens to his kids’ arguments. Notice

7. They like to assist good films on TV. Jump

8. She cries very easily. She is very sensible. News

9. She didn’t see the advise on the pavement so she had the accident. Soap opera

10 . She had to pay a tax for the extra weight on her luggage. Nice/kind

11. Don’t come closer! I have a terrible constipation. Follower

12. My grandmother never misses the 8 o´clock novel. Judgments

13. He is a Manchester United adept. Suitcase

14. I’m a business man now. I need a new pasta. Memorize

15. I could never be an actor. Having to decorate all those lines must be hard. Buttress

16. The support broke and the entire balcony fell down. Notes

17. I’m sorry but I must talk to you in particular. Gun

18. Try not to do unfair appreciations on your mother. She only wants the best for you.
19. “The building is on fire! Pull through the window. We’ll hold you, don’t worry!” – the
fireman said.
20. I left my purse on the balcony in the bookshop. Polite

21. My kids just love beefs and French fries. Boss

Condom
22. She is brave because her daughter didn’t sleep at home.
Tea
23. I will have a better salary on my new cargo.
Send
24. Let me give you my business carton. You can call me when you decide to sign the
contract. Card

25. I met an old friend by casualty today. Counter

Habit
26. He gave her a pearl collar.
Success
27. I am not a child anymore! I left elementary school and now I must prepare myself
to the new college.
Chance
Angry
28. I have the costume of sleeping with my old teddy bear.
Factory
29. We have a new chef at the company.
Flu
30. He's very educated. He always greets all the neighbours.
Understand
31. I will envy you the correct file by mail.
Subtitles
32. His exit as a writer is astonishing. Bookshop
33. That fabric is almost bankrupted. I feel sorry for all those poor workers! Relatives
34. I keep sneezing all the time. I think I caught the grip. At the
35. I intend German, but I don't speak it. moment

36. They have to watch films with legends. Costume

37. He has to go a library to buy new books.

Necklace
Intends
38. They usually have lunch at 5 o’clock.
High school
39. I have nice witch mascara for Halloween.
Job
40. She has many parents in Italy.
steaks
41. Using preservatives is the best way to avoid AIDS.

42. He pretends to go to the States to improve his English.

43. Actually she is working as a waitress but it is only temporarily.

(UMA
INGLÊS (UMA TRADUÇÃO) PORTUGUÊS ORIGEM
TRADUÇÃO)

ACTUAL (real, verdadeiro) ACTUAL (current)

ACTUALLY (na verdade) ACTUALMENTE (nowadays)
AMASS (acumular) AMASSAR (crush) Amassare (juntar numa pilha)
ANTICIPATE (prever) ANTECIPAR (bring forward) Anticipare (fazer)
APPLICATION (inscrição/ uso) APLICAÇÃO (investment) Applicare (v.) (juntar)
APPRECIATION (gratidão) APRECIAÇÃO (judgement) Appretiare (v.) (avaliar o valor)
ARGUMENT (discussão) ARGUMENTO (point) Arguere (v.) (esclarecer)
Assinare (marcar, colocar uma
ASSIGN (designar) ASSINAR (sign)
marca, designar)
ASSIST (ajudar) ASSISTIR (watch) Assistere (ficar de pé/ parado)
ASSUME (presumir) ASSUMIR (take over) Assumere (pegar)
(assistir/ participar (answer/ help/
ATTEND ATENDER Attendre (levar em consideração)
de) etc)
(platéia/ audiência/ (interview/
AUDIENCE AUDIÊNCIA Audire (v.) (escutar)
etc) audience/ etc)
BEEF (carne bovina) BIFE (steak) Bovis (boi)
CAFETERIA (refeitorio) CAFETARIA (coffee shop) 'Café' é de origem turca
COLLAR (gola) COLAR (necklace)
COLLEGE (faculdade) COLÉGIO (high school) Collegium (colega)
(contest/
COMPETITION (concorrência) COMPETIÇÃO Competere (v.) (procurar/ tentar)
championship)
Comprehendere (v.) (segurar/
COMPREHENSIVE(abrangente) COMPREENSIVO (understanding)
pegar)
(chegar a um Compromissum (promessa
COMPROMISE COMPROMISSO (appointment)
acordo) mútua)
CONVENIENT (prático) CONVENIENTE (appropriate) Convenire (v.) (convir/ vir)
COSTUME (fantasia) COSTUME (habit/ custom)
DATA (dados) DATA (date)
DECEPTION (golpe, fraude) DECEPÇÃO (disappointment)
DENT (amassado) DENTE (tooth) Origens diferentes
EDITOR (redactor) EDITOR (publisher) Edere (v.) (divulgar/ publicar)
EDUCATED (instruído, culto) EDUCADO (polite) Educare (v.) (educar)
(finalmente, por
EVENTUALLY EVENTUALMENTE(ocassionally) Evenire (f.)(v.) (acontecer)
fim etc)
(empolgado, Excitare (v.) (mover
EXCITED EXCITADO (horny etc)
animado) rapidamente)
(empolgante, Excitare (v.) (mover
EXCITING EXCITANTE ((a) turn-on etc)
incrível) rapidamente)
EXPERT (especialista) ESPERTO (smart, clever) Experire(v.)(experimentar)
EXQUISITE (refinado) ESQUISITO (strange) Exquirere (v.) (procurar)
FABRIC (tecido) FÁBRICA (factory, plant) Fabrica (local de trabalho)
Genere (v.) (criar, gerar - 'genii' é
GENIAL (agradável) GENIAL (brilliant)
equivalente a 'musa')
GRIP (agarrar) GRIPE (cold, the flu) (*)
Vem do árabe "azzahr" (= al zahr)
HAZARD (risco) AZAR (bad luck)
= "o dado"
(expressão
IDIOM IDIOMA (language)
idiomática)
INGENUITY (engenhosidade) INGENUIDADE (naivety)
INJURY (ferimento) INJÚRIA (insult) Injuria (injustiça)
(embriaguez, efeito
INTOXICATION INTOXICAÇÃO (poisoning) Toxicum (s.) (veneno)
de drogas)
(boletim
JOURNAL informativo, diário JORNAL (newspaper) Diurnal (adj.) (diário, diurno)
etc)
LARGE (grande) LARGO (wide) Largus (lento, longo (em música))
(palestra/
LECTURE LEITURA (reading) Legere (v.) (ler)
repreensão)
LEGEND (lenda) LEGENDA (subtitle, caption) Legere (v.) (ler)
LIBRARY (bibioteca) LIVRARIA (bookstore)
LUNCH (almoço) LANCHE (snack etc) "Lanche" vem do inglês "lunch"
(obcecado,
MANIAC MANÍACO (psychopath) Mania (fúria)
fanático)
(Presidente
MAYOR MAIOR (bigger/ greater) Major (maior, mais importante)
Câmara)
(remédio/
MEDICINE MEDICINA (medicina)
medicina)
(sofrimento,
MISERY MISÉRIA (poverty, etc)
lástima)
(hotel para
("love motel/ "Motel" vem do inglês (=motor +
MOTEL descanso durante MOTEL
hotel") hotel)
viagem)
NOTICE (nota, aviso) NOTÍCIA (news) Noscere (v.) (conhecer, saber)
NOVEL (romance, livro) NOVELA (soap opera)
PARENTS (pais) PARENTES (relatives) Parere (v.) (gerar)
PARTICULAR (específico, PARTICULAR (private) Vem de "particularis", que
 determinado) significa "relativo a
pequenas.partes" (parte= "pars")
(folder/ briefcase/
PASTA (massas) PASTA
paste)
(normas,
POLICY POLÍCIA (police) Origem incerta
directrizes)
Vem de "prae judicium" = "antes
PREJUDICE (preconceito) PREJUÍZO (damage/ loss)
de julgamento/ avaliação"
(condom/
PRESERVATIVE (conservante) PRESERVATIVO
preservative)
PRETEND (fingir) PRETENDER (intend, want)
PUSH (empurrar) PUXAR (pull) Pulsare (bater, empurrar)
REALIZE (perceber, notar) REALIZAR (accomplish etc)
(recall,
RECORD (gravar) RECORDAR Recordari (recordar, relembrar)
remember)
(líquido de
REFRIGERANT REFRIGERANTE (soda) Refrigerare (v.) (refrigerar)
resfriamento)
(petition, request Quaerere (v.) (pedir, perguntar
REQUIREMENT (requisito) REQUERIMENTO
etc) sobre)
RESUME (retomar, reiniciar) RESUMIR (summarize) Resumere (pegar novamente)
SENSIBLE (sensato) SENSÍVEL (sensitive) Sentire (v.) (sentir)
SENSITIVE (sensível) SENSITIVO (psychic) Sentire (v.) (sentir)
SERVICE (atendimento) SERVIÇO (job etc)
(enfiar, ficar fixado
STICK ESTICAR (strech) Origens diferentes
em algo ou alguém)
SUPPORT (apoiar) SUPORTAR (bear etc) Supportare (levar adiante)
SYMPATHETIC (compreensivo) SIMPÁTICO (nice) Sympathia (sofrimento, paixão)
Taxare (v.) (tocar de leve, avaliar
TAX (imposto etc) TAXA (fee etc)
etc)

Funny Foreign English Phrases...

At a Budapest zoo:
• PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD
ON DUTY.
•
Doctor's office in Rome:
• SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

In an Indian restaurant:
• OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.

Hotel, Japan:
• YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
 Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:

• WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

In a Japanese cemetery:
• PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.