False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Bulgarian

Slovenščina — Български език

Българско-словенски неверни приятели на преводача

Sln. beseda	Bg. слово ‘word’
Bg. беседа	Sln. pogovor, razgovor, pomenek ‘talk’

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Sln. čas	Bg. време ‘time’
Bg. час	Sln. ura ‘hour’

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

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Sln. Dunaj	Bg. Виена ‘Vienna’
Bg. Дунав	Sln. Donava ‘Danube’

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Sln. enota	Bg. единица, поделение ‘unit’ (as in vojaška enota, 'military unit')
Bg. енот	Sln. rakun ‘racoon’

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Sln. gora	Bg. планина ‘mountain’
Bg. гора	Sln. gozd, les ‘forest’

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Sln. igrati	1. играя ‘to play (a game)’ 2. играя ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. свиря ‘to play (music)’
Bg. играя	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’

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Sln. jagoda	1. ягода ‘strawberry’ 2. сочен зърнест плод от храстови растения ‘berry’
Bg. ягода	Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’

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Sln. kovček	Bg. куфар ‘suitcase’
Bg. ковчег	1. krsta, rakev ‘coffin’ 2. skrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’ 3. (Noetova) barka ‘(Noah’s) Arch’

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Sln. leto	1. година ‘year (in the sg.)’ 2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Bg. лято	Sln. poletje ‘summer’

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Sln. listopad	1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. ноемврий ‘November’
Bg. листопад	Sln. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Sln. masa	Bg. маса ‘mass’
Bg. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. miza ‘table’

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Sln. nagel	1. внезапен ‘sudden’ 2. брз, пъргав ‘fast, quick’ 3. буен, бърз ‘vehement, hasty’
Bg. нагъл	Sln. predrzen, nesramen ‘naughty’

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Sln. obraz	Bg. образ ‘face’
Bg. образ	1. obraz ‘face’ 2. podoba, slika ‘picture, painting’ 3. lice ‘cheek’

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Sln. plot	Bg. ограда ‘fence’
Bg. плът	Sln. telo ‘body, flesh’

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Sln. povest	Bg. приказка, предание ‘legend’
Bg. повест	Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’

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Sln. reč	Bg. вещ ‘matter’
Bg. реч	Sln. govor ‘speech’

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Sln. slovo	Bg. прощаване ‘leave-taking, farewell’
Bg. слово	Sln. beseda ‘word’

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Sln. stol	Bg. стол ‘chair’
Bg. стол	1. stol ‘chair’ 2. jedilnica, menza ‘canteen’

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Sln. stolica	Bg. катедра ‘professorship’
Bg. столица	Sln. glavno mesto ‘capital’

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Sln. stran	1. страна ‘side’ 2. страница ‘page’
Bg. страна	1. stran ‘side’ 2. zemlja, dežela ‘country’ 3. lice ‘cheek’

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Sln. truden	Bg. уморен, изморен ‘tired’
Bg. труден	1. težak, težaven ‘hard’ 2. noseča, v drugem stanu ‘pregnant’

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Sln. več	Bg. повече ‘more’
Bg. вещ	Sln. reč, stvar, zadeva ‘matter, thing’

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Sln. vešč	Bg. сръчен, умел ‘clever’
Bg. вещ	Sln. stvar, reč ‘matter’

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Sln. vrag	Bg. чорт ‘devil, demon’
Bg. враг	Sln. sovražnik ‘enemy’

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Sln. vreden	Bg. ценен ‘precious’
Bg. вреден	1. škodljiv ‘harmful’ 2. spreten, vrl, zmožen ‘able, clever’

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Sln. zavod	Bg. институт ‘institute’
Bg. завод	Sln. tovarna ‘factory, works’

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

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Sln. život	Bg. търбух, корем ‘belly, body’
Bg. живот	Sln. življenje ‘life’

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Sln. zrno	Bg. зърно ‘corn, kernel’
Bg. зърно	1. zrno ‘corn, kernel’ 2. jagoda ‘berry’

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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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