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Slovak and Ukrainian: false friends

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

  • means “mushroom”
    Ukrainian: гриб
    means “lip”
    Slovak: pera
  • means “track”
    Ukrainian: слід
    means “foot”
    Slovak: noha
  • means “feature”
    Ukrainian: особливість
    means “rice”
    Slovak: ryža
  • means “species”
    Ukrainian: вид
    means “friend”
    Slovak: priateľ
  • means “battalion”
    Ukrainian: батальйон
    means “flag”
    Slovak: zástava
  • means “parent”
    Ukrainian: родитель
    means “relative”
    Slovak: príbuzný
  • means “sense of smell”
    Ukrainian: нюх
    means “won”
  • means “newspaper”
    Ukrainian: газета
    means “news”
    Slovak: novinky
  • means “substance”
    Ukrainian: речовина
    means “patch”
    Slovak: záplata
  • means “herring”
    Ukrainian: оселедець
    means “track”
    Slovak: stopa
  • means “turkey”
    Ukrainian: індик
    means “sailor”
    Slovak: námornik
  • means “idea”
    Ukrainian: ідея
    means “attack”
    Slovak: útok
  • means “consciousness”
    Ukrainian: свідомість
    means “known”
    Slovak: známy
  • means “river”
    Ukrainian: річка
    means “rail”
  • means “married”
    Ukrainian: жонатий
    means “bend”
  • means “struggle”
    Ukrainian: боротьба
    means “reserve”
    Slovak: rezerva
  • means “report”
    Ukrainian: звіт
    means “case”
    Slovak: prípad
  • means “interest”
    Ukrainian: відсоток
    means “lesson”
    Slovak: lekcia
  • means “degree”
    Ukrainian: градус
    means “extent”
  • means “translation”
    Ukrainian: переклад
    means “instance”
  • means “cost”
    Ukrainian: коштувати
    means “sex”
    Slovak: pohlavie
  • means “five”
    Ukrainian: п'ять
    means “sweat”
    Slovak: pot
  • means “speech”
    Ukrainian: мова
    means “thing”
    Slovak: vec
  • means “villa”
    Ukrainian: вілла
    means “pitchfork”
    Slovak: vidly
  • means “fairy”
    Ukrainian: фея
    means “pitchfork”
    Slovak: vidly
  • means “receipt”
    Ukrainian: квитанція
    means “leaf”
    Slovak: list
  • means “corridor”
    Ukrainian: коридор
    means “walking”
    Slovak: chôdza
  • means “castle”
    Ukrainian: замок
    means “hail”
    Slovak: krúpa
  • means “missile”
    Ukrainian: ракета
    means “arrow”
    Slovak: šíp
  • means “prey”
    Ukrainian: здобич
    means “benefit”
    Slovak: výhoda
  • means “kale”
    Ukrainian: кейл
    means “stake”
    Slovak: kôl
  • means “loss”
    Ukrainian: втрата
    means “execution”
    Slovak: poprava
  • means “messenger”
    Ukrainian: посланник
    means “ambassador”
    Slovak: veľvyslanec
  • means “statement”
    Ukrainian: заява
    means “judgment”
  • means “up”
    Ukrainian: вгору
    means “grief”
    Slovak: žiaľ
  • means “counter”
    Ukrainian: лічильник
    means “reader”
    Slovak: čitateľ
  • means “lead”
    Ukrainian: свинець
    means “tin”
    Slovak: cín
  • means “cry”
    Ukrainian: плакати
    means “poster”
  • means “tent”
    Ukrainian: намет
    means “status”
    Slovak: postavenie
  • means “bank”
    Ukrainian: банк
    means “jar”
    Slovak: nádoba
  • means “mint”
    Ukrainian: м'ята
    means “goal”
    Slovak: cieľ
  • means “certainty”
    Ukrainian: певність
    means “being”
    Slovak: tvor
  • means “array”
    Ukrainian: масив
    means “margin”
    Slovak: okraj
  • means “cannon”
    Ukrainian: гармата
    means “affair”
  • means “toll”
    Ukrainian: дорожній збір
    means “customs”
    Slovak: clo
  • means “poverty”
    Ukrainian: біднота
    means “livestock”
    Slovak: dobytok
  • means “milestone”
    Ukrainian: віха
    means “miller”
    Slovak: mlynár
  • means “fallout”
    Ukrainian: осадка
    means “recession”
    Slovak: recesia
  • means “rot”
    Ukrainian: гнити
    means “oppression”
    Slovak: útlak
  • means “quartz”
    Ukrainian: кварц
    means “flint”

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