Non-English word Which resembles English But actually means For an equivalent of the English word use

a (Hungarian) a the egy

a (French) a has (third-person singular) un(e)

à (French) a to, at, of, until un(e)

abbé (French) abbey priest or abbot abbaye

accuser (French) accuse can mean "to acknowledge" (accuser réception = acknowledge receipt), although it means "accuse" in most cases

actual (Romanian)

actual (Spanish)

actueel (Dutch)

aktuala (Esperanto)

actuel (French)

aktuell (German)

aktualny (Polish)

aktualan, -na, -no (Croatian)

aktuelan (Serbian)

attuale (Italian)

atual (Portuguese)

актуальный (Russian) actual current real, verdadero/a, efectivo (Spanish)

reale, vero/a, effettivo (Italian)

реальный, фактический, действительный; всамделишный (pop), настоящий (official) (Russian)



adepte (French)

adept (Romanian)

adept (Polish)

adepto (Portuguese)

adepto (Spanish)

адепт (Russian)

adept (proficient) follower adroit, habile (French)

experto, hábil (Spanish)

умелый, мастер (Russian)



administré (French) administered citizen (as seen from an elected official; old-fashioned)

user of a public administration (old-fashioned)

may also mean "administered"

ado (French) ado (fuss) short for adolescent

advertência (Portuguese)

advertencia (Spanish)

avertissement (French)

avertisment (Romanian)

avvertenza (Italian) advertisement warning anuncio (Spanish)

pubblicità (Italian)

affluent (French)

afluent (Romanian)

afluente (Spanish)

affluente (Italian) affluent (wealthy) tributary (of a river) [effluent] rico, adinerado (Spanish)

ricco, abbiente, facoltoso (Italian)

After (German) after anus nach

affettare (Italian) affect slice fare effetto su, influenzare, influire

agencé (French) agency laid out or arranged

agent (French)

agente (Spanish) agent officer, police officer, agent

ail (French) ail (sicken) garlic

aimer (French) to aim to love or to like

aire (French) air area (mathematics) air

alas (Finnish) alas! down (direction) ikävä kyllä, valitettavasti

ale (Finnish) ale (pronounced [eil]) short for alennus "discount" in alennusmyynti "discount sale" olut

allegare (Italian) (to) allege enclose, attach (as in documents) dichiarare, affermare, asserire

alerte (French) alert agile, alert

also (German) also thus auch

allure (French) allure (the power to attract) speed, bearing; allure

alto (French) alto (singer) viola, alto (singer)

alto (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) alto (singer) high; in Spanish it can also mean "stop!" (imperative)

ampua (Finnish) to amputate) to shoot amputoida

an (latin) an, or perhaps on when read or

ananas (French, Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Hebrew, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian)

Ananas (German)

Ananás (Portuguese) bananas pineapple banaani (Finnish) Banane (German) banane (French) banane (Croatian)

ancien (French) ancient can mean very old but often means just former, ex-

anciano (Spanish)

anziano (Italian) ancient very old, elderly person, can be ascribed to a person without negative connotation antiguo (Spanish)

antico (Italian)

ânon (French) anon (short for anonymous) baby donkey

anser (Latin) answer goose

apologie (French)

apologie (Romanian)

apología (Spanish)

apologia (Italian and Portuguese) apology praise, vindication disculpa (Spanish)

scusa (Italian

appoint (French) appoint (extra) contribution or help

apontar (Portuguese)

apuntar (Spanish) appoint (to) aim; (to) note down; (to) button up; (to) point at nombrar (for "nominate" meaning) (Spanish)

arc (French and Romanian) arc, ark bow (weapon), arc, arch

arm (German) arm (body part) poor (but it does also mean arm as in body-part) arm

arme (French)

arma (Spanish), (Italian) and Portuguese) arm (body part) weapon bras (French) brazo (Spanish)

braccio (Italian)

arsenik (Danish) arsenic (element) poisonous compound arsenic trioxide (Danish)

as (Spanish, Polish, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Serbian and French) ass / as ace asno / como (adverb) (Spanish)

asbestos (Greek) asbestos quicklime

ask (Swedish) ask small box; ash (tree) fråga

Ass (German) ass ace

aß (German) ass ate

assortie (French) assorted matched, matching

assister (French) asistir (Spanish) assistere (Italian) assist attend (means both assist and attend in Italian and Spanish)

atendi (Esperanto)

attendere (Italian)

attendre (French) attend to wait for; to expect

atender (Spanish) attend (an event) to attend to, to serve, to take care of asistir, presentarse a (Spanish)