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Hrvatski jezik — Српски језик

Српско-хрватски лажни другови Hrvatsko-srpski lažni prijatelji


Cr. igrati
Sb. играти ‘to play (a game)’
Sb. играти 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. plesati ‘to dance’
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Cr. kor
Sb. хор ‘choir’
Sb. кор Cr. korpus ‘corps’
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Cr. kovčeg
1. кофер ‘suitcase’ (also present in Kajkavian Croatian)
2. ковчег ‘trunk, box, chest’
Sb. ковчег 1. škrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’
2. lijes ‘coffin’
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Cr. lice
Sb. лице ‘face’
Sb. лице 1. lice ‘face’
2. osoba ‘person’
3. ličnost ‘well known, important person’
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Cr. listopad
1. октобар ‘October’
2. листопад ‘falling of leaves’
Sb. листопад Cr. listopad, padanje lišća ‘falling of leaves’
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Cr. modar
1. модар ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’
2. светлоплав ‘light blue’
Sb. модар Cr. modar ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’
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Cr. nedjelja
Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’
Sb. недеља 1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
2. tjedan ‘week’ (also седмица in Serbian)
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Cr. razred
1. разред ‘form, grade, class (at school)’
2. класа ‘class (in a train, in society, in biology)’
Sb. разред Cr. razred ‘form, grade, class (at school)’
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Cr. restauracija
1. рестаурација ‘restoration’
2. ресторан ‘restaurant’
Sb. рестаурација Cr. restauracija ‘restoration’
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Cr. sedmica
Sb. седмица ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’
Sb. седмица 1. tjedan ‘week’
2. sedmica ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’
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Cr. sklanjati
1. склањати ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’
2. деклиновати ‘to decline (grammar)
Sb. склањати Cr. sklanjati ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’
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Cr. slovenski
Sb. словеначки ‘Slovene’
Sb. словенски Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’
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Cr. sprezati
1. конјугирати ‘to conjugate’
2. спрезати ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’
Sb. спрезати Cr. uprezati, sprezati ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’
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Cr. svijet
Sb. свет ‘world’
Sb. свет 1. vijeće, savjet ‘council’
2. svijet ‘world’
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Cr. zrak
Sb. ваздух ‘air’
Sb. зрак Cr. zraka, trak, traka ‘ray, beam’
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For additional information on false friends, see the On-line hypertext bibliography by Daniel Bunčić and Ryszard Lipczuk.

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