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Bulgarian and Ukrainian: false friends

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These words (Bulgarian) look or sound like Ukrainian words but mean something else. They were found automatically by sound, so some are chance coincidences.

  • means “forest”
    Ukrainian: ліс
    means “mountain”
    Bulgarian: планина
  • means “red”
    Ukrainian: червоний
    means “June”
    Bulgarian: Юни
  • means “year”
    Ukrainian: рік
    means “hour”
    Bulgarian: час
  • means “leaf”
    Ukrainian: листок
    means “letter (message)”
    Bulgarian: писмо
  • means “hour”
    Ukrainian: година
    means “time”
    Bulgarian: време
  • means “council”
    Ukrainian: рада
    means “world”
    Bulgarian: свят
  • means “cup”
    Ukrainian: чашка
    means “bowl”
    Bulgarian: паница
  • means “onion”
    Ukrainian: цибуля
    means “bow”
    Bulgarian: лък
  • means “fairy tale”
    Ukrainian: казка
    means “saying”
    Bulgarian: поговорка
  • means “other”
    Ukrainian: інший
    means “friend”
    Bulgarian: приятел
  • means “row”
    Ukrainian: ряд
    means “genus”
    Bulgarian: род
  • means “routine”
    Ukrainian: рутина
    means “practice”
    Bulgarian: тренировка
  • means “five”
    Ukrainian: п'ять
    means “sweat”
    Bulgarian: пот
  • means “repair”
    Ukrainian: ремонт
    means “amendment”
    Bulgarian: корекция
  • means “Moon”
    Ukrainian: Місяць
    means “echo”
    Bulgarian: ехо
  • means “marriage”
    Ukrainian: шлюб
    means “lack”
    Bulgarian: нужда
  • means “thumb”
    Ukrainian: великий палець
    means “toe”
    Bulgarian: пръст
  • means “city”
    Ukrainian: місто
    means “hail”
    Bulgarian: градушка
  • means “green”
    Ukrainian: зелений
    means “greens”
  • means “ending”
    Ukrainian: завершення
    means “edge”
    Bulgarian: ръб
  • means “fellowship”
    Ukrainian: товариство
    means “wife”
    Bulgarian: жена
  • means “robust”
    Ukrainian: кріпкий
    means “how”
    Bulgarian: колко
  • means “awake”
    Ukrainian: не сплячий
    means “weekday”
    Bulgarian: делничен ден
  • means “bride”
    Ukrainian: наречена
    means “bun”
    Bulgarian: кифла
  • means “above”
    Ukrainian: вище
    means “grief”
    Bulgarian: мъка
  • means “villain”
    Ukrainian: лиходій
    means “thief”
    Bulgarian: крадец
  • means “lead”
    Ukrainian: свинець
    means “tin”
    Bulgarian: калай
  • means “dictionary”
    Ukrainian: словник
    means “spokesman”
    Bulgarian: говорител
  • means “gay”
    Ukrainian: ґей
    means “hey”
    Bulgarian: хей
  • means “sweep”
    Ukrainian: підмітати
    means “goal”
    Bulgarian: цел
  • means “up”
    Ukrainian: вгору
    means “upstairs”
    Bulgarian: горе
  • means “bank”
    Ukrainian: банк
    means “jar”
    Bulgarian: буркан
  • means “learned”
    Ukrainian: вчений
    means “pupil”
    Bulgarian: ученик
  • means “trigger”
    Ukrainian: спусковий гачок
    means “descent”
    Bulgarian: слизане
  • means “lawn”
    Ukrainian: газон
    means “clearing”
    Bulgarian: сечище
  • means “curse”
    Ukrainian: прокляття
    means “damned”
    Bulgarian: прокълнат
  • means “spicy”
    Ukrainian: гострий
    means “rage”
    Bulgarian: ярост
  • means “lick”
    Ukrainian: лизати
    means “ski”
    Bulgarian: ска
  • means “goddamn”
    Ukrainian: чорт
    means “damned”
    Bulgarian: прокълнат
  • means “strawberry”
    Ukrainian: суниця
    means “berry”
    Bulgarian: зрънце

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