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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

The term you're looking for is false friends. Eg:

  • In Spanish, embarazado/a means pregnant, not embarrassed. Accidental mpreg is more likely than you think.
  • In French, excité(e) is more likely to be interpreted as sexually aroused than excited. Draw your own conclusions.
[–] aloofPenguin@piefed.world 5 points 2 hours ago

I remember in class we were learning / practicing what you say when you meet up with another person after a long time. some one said «ah! ça fait longtemps qu'on ne se pas vu! Je suis excité...». they were corrected on that by the teacher.

I might be getting some of that phrasing wrong. my ability to write French is slowly degrading (I can speak it well enough, but not as well a a few years ago)