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Hrvatski jezik — Македонски

Hrvatsko-Makedonski lažni prijatelji


Cr. igrati
Mk. игра ‘to play (a game)’
Mk. игра 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’
3. plesati ‘to dance’
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Cr. kraj
1. крај ‘end’
2. крај ‘region’
3. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај 1. kraj ‘end’
2. kraj ‘region’
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Cr. listopad
1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’
2. октомври ‘October’
Mk. листопад Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
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Cr. majka
Mk. мајка ‘mother’
Mk. мајка 1. majka ‘mother’
2. ženka, majka (životinja) ‘dam, female animal’
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Cr. masa
Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса 1. masa ‘mass’
2. stol ‘table’
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Cr. meč
Mk. меч ‘match, game’
Mk. меч 1. meč ‘match, game’
2. mač ‘sword’
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Cr. muž
Mk. маж ‘husband’
Mk. маж 1. muž ‘husband’
2. muškarac ‘man’
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Cr. nagao
1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’
2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло Cr. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’
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Cr. nedjelja
Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела 1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
2. tjedan, sedmica ‘week’
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Cr. povijest
Mk. историја ‘history’
Mk. повест Cr. kratki roman ‘novelette’
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Cr. put
Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот 1. plot ‘fence’
2. put ‘body, flesh’
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Cr. riječ
Mk. збор ‘word’
Mk. реч Cr. govor ‘speech’
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Cr. slovenski
Mk. словенечки ‘Slovene’
Mk. словенски Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’
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Cr. sto
1. сто ‘a hundred’
2. маса ‘table’
Mk. сто Cr. sto ‘a hundred’
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Cr. stol
Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол Cr. stolica ‘chair’
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Cr. vijek
Mk. век ‘century’
Mk. век 1. vijek ‘century’
2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’
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Cr. vrag
Mk. враг ‘devil, demon’
Mk. враг 1. vrag ‘devil, demon’
2. neprijatelj ‘enemy’
3. lukavac, previjanac ‘slyboots, smartie’
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Cr. vrijedan
Mk. драгоцен ‘precious’
Mk. вреден Cr. vješt, valjan, marljiv ‘able, clever’
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Cr. zahod
Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод Cr. zalazak ‘sunset’
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Cr. zavod
Mk. завод ‘institute’
Mk. завод 1. zavod ‘institute’
2. tvornica ‘factory, works’
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Cr. zrak
Mk. воздух ‘air’
Mk. зрак Cr. zraka, trak ‘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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