OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 65

false friend

/ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛnd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
falso amigo • heterosemántico
A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.
A word and its false friend may well be etymologically related: in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.
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