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Slovenčina — Hrvatski jezik

Hrvatsko-Slovački lažni prijatelji

Slk. doba 1. doba ‘time, era, period’ 2. trajanje ‘time, duration’ Cr. doba Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’

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Slk. hodina 1. sat ‘hour’ 2. vrijeme, sat ‘time, hour (poet.)’ Cr. godina Slk. rok ‘year’

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Slk. hora 1. gora ‘mountain’ 2. šuma ‘forest’ Cr. gora Slk. hora ‘mountain’

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Slk. hrať 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. svirati ‘to play (music)’ Cr. igrati Slk. hrať ‘to play (a game)’

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Slk. jahoda 1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ Cr. jagoda Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Slk. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ Cr. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ 3. koniec ‘end’

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Slk. leto 1. ljeto ‘summer’ 2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’ (old-fashioned, not to find in the modern language) Cr. ljeto Slk. leto ‘summer’

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Slk. list 1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’ 3. pismo ‘letter’ Cr. list 1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’

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Slk. listopad Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ Cr. listopad 1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ 2. október ‘October’

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Slk. mrak Cr. oblak ‘cloud’ Cr. mrak Slk. tma ‘darkness’

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Slk. muž 1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’ Cr. muž Slk. muž ‘husband’

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Slk. napravo Cr. desno ‘to the right’ Cr. pravo Slk. priamo ‘straight on’

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Slk. popolník Cr. pepeljara ‘ash-tray’ Cr. Pepelnica Slk. Popolná streda ‘Ash Wednesday’

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Slk. povesť 1. glas, reputacija ‘fame, reputation’ 2. priča, legenda ‘legend’ Cr. povijest Slk. dejiny ‘history’

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Slk. reč Cr. govor ‘speech’ Cr. riječ Slk. slovo ‘word’

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Slk. rodina Cr. porodica ‘family’ Cr. rodbina Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’

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Slk. sad Cr. vrt, bašta ‘garden’ Cr. sad Slk. teraz ‘now’

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Slk. slovenský Cr. slovački ‘Slovak’ Cr. slovenski Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’

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Slk. slovo Cr. riječ ‘word’ Cr. slovo Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Slk. sto Cr. sto ‘a hundred’ Cr. sto 1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. stôl ‘table’

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Slk. strana 1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’ 3. stranka ‘political party’ Cr. strana 1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Slk. vec Cr. stvar ‘matter’ Cr. vješt Slk. šikovný ‘clever’

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Slk. vec Cr. stvar ‘matter, thing’ Cr. već Slk. už ‘already’

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Slk. vrah Cr. ubojica ‘murderer’ Cr. vrag Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’

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Slk. žito 1. raž ‘rye’ 2. pšenica ‘wheat’ Cr. žito Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’

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Slk. zrak Cr. vid ‘eyesight’ Cr. zrak Slk. vzduch ‘air’

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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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