False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bulgarian

Hrvatski jezik — Български език

Hrvatsko-Bugarski lažni prijatelji Българско-хърватски неверни приятели на преводача

Cr. brak	Bg. брак ‘marriage’
Bg. брак	1. brak ‘marriage’ 2. ološ, deficitna roba ‘rejects, refuse, waste’

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Cr. dinja	Bg. пъпеш ‘sweet melon’
Bg. диня	Cr. lubenica ‘watermelon’

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Cr. gora	Bg. планина ‘mountain’
Bg. гора	Cr. šuma ‘forest’

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Cr. govor	Bg. говор ‘speech’
Bg. говор	1. govor ‘speech’ 2. dijalekt ‘dialect’

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Cr. igrati	Bg. играя ‘to play (a game)’
Bg. играя	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. plesati ‘to dance’

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Cr. iskustvo	Bg. опит ‘experience’
Bg. изкуство	Cr. umjetnost ‘art’

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Cr. kovčeg	1. ковчег ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. куфар ‘suitcase’
Bg. ковчег	1. kovčeg ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. mrtvački sanduk, mrtvački kovčeg ‘coffin’ 3. (Noemova) lađa ‘(Noah’s) Arch’

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Cr. listopad	1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. октомврий ‘October’
Bg. листопад	Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Cr. majka	Bg. майка ‘mother’
Bg. майка	1. majka ‘mother’ 2. ženka, majka (životinja) ‘dam, female animal’ 3. matica ‘nut (to screw on a bolt)’

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Cr. masa	Bg. маса ‘mass’
Bg. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. stol ‘table’

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Cr. meč	Bg. мач ‘match, game’
Bg. меч	Cr. mač ‘sword’

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Cr. muž	Bg. мъж ‘husband’
Bg. мъж	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’

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Cr. nagao	1. внезапен ‘sudden’ 2. буен, бърз ‘vehement, hasty’
Bg. нагъл	Cr. bezočan, bezobrazan ‘naughty’

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Cr. obraz	1. образ ‘cheek’ 2. образ ‘face’
Bg. образ	1. obraz ‘cheek’ 2. obraz ‘face’ 3. slika ‘picture, painting’

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Cr. pamet	Bg. разум ‘reason, intellect’
Bg. памет	1. pamćenje ‘memory’ 2. memorija ‘computer memory’

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Cr. povijest	Bg. история ‘history’
Bg. повест	Cr. kratki roman ‘novelette’

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Cr. put	Bg. ограда ‘fence’
Bg. плът	Cr. put ‘body, flesh’

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Cr. riječ	Bg. дума, слово ‘word’
Bg. реч	Cr. govor ‘speech’

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Cr. rodbina	Bg. роднинство ‘relations’
Bg. родина	Cr. domovina ‘motherland, home region’

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Cr. šina	Bg. релса ‘rail’
Bg. шина	Cr. guma ‘tyre’

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Cr. slovo	Bg. буква ‘letter (of the alphabet)’
Bg. слово	Cr. riječ ‘word’

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Cr. sto	1. сто ‘a hundred’ 2. маса ‘table’
Bg. сто	Cr. sto ‘a hundred’

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Cr. stol	Bg. маса ‘table’
Bg. стол	1. stolica ‘chair’ 2. kantina ‘canteen’

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Cr. stolica	Bg. стол ‘chair’
Bg. столица	Cr. glavni grad ‘capital’

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Cr. strana	1. страна ‘side’ 2. страница ‘page’
Bg. страна	1. strana ‘side’ 2. zemlja, država ‘country’ 3. obraz ‘cheek’

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Cr. šuma	Bg. шума ‘forest’
Bg. шума	1. šuma ‘forest’ 2. lišće ‘foliage, leaves’ 3. džbun, grm ‘bush’

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Cr. suučestvovati	Bg. съучаствувам ‘participate’
Bg. съществувам	Cr. postojati ‘exist’

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Cr. trudan	1. трудна (arch.), бременна ‘pregnant’ 2. уморен, изморен ‘tired’
Bg. труден	1. trudna ‘pregnant’ 2. težak ‘hard’

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Cr. već	Bg. вече ‘already’
Bg. вещ	Cr. stvar ‘matter, thing’

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Cr. vijek	Bg. век ‘century’
Bg. век	1. vijek ‘century’ 2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’

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Cr. vješt	Bg. сръчен, умел ‘clever’
Bg. вещ	Cr. stvar ‘matter’

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Cr. vrag	Bg. чорт ‘devil, demon’
Bg. враг	Cr. neprijatelj ‘enemy’

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Cr. vrijedan	Bg. ценен ‘precious’
Bg. вреден	1. štetan ‘harmful’ 2. vješt, valjan, marljiv ‘able, clever’

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Cr. zavod	Bg. институт ‘institute’
Bg. завод	Cr. tvornica ‘factory, works’

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Cr. žito	Bg. жита, житни растения ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’
Bg. жито	Cr. pšenica ‘wheat’

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More Croatian-Bulgarian false friends:

C. Ivanova, M. Aleksić. Srpsko-bugarski tematski rečnik: Leksikon međujezičkih homonima i polisemija. Veliko Trnovo 1999.

For additional information on false friends, see the On-line hypertext bibliography by Daniel Bunčić and Ryszard Lipczuk.

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