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Slovenščina — Hrvatski jezik

Hrvatsko-Slovenski lažni prijatelji

Sln. dete Cr. beba, mladunče, dojenče ‘baby’ Cr. dijete Sln. otrok ‘child’

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Sln. dob Cr. hrast, dub ‘oak tree’ Cr. dob Sln. starost ‘age’

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Sln. Dunaj Cr. Beč ‘Vienna’ Cr. Dunav Sln. Donava ‘Danube’

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Sln. grad Cr. tvrđava, utvrđenje ‘fortress’ Cr. grad 1. mesto ‘town’ 2. toča ‘hail’

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Sln. hlad Cr. hlad ‘coolness’ Cr. hlad 1. hlad ‘coolness’ 2. senca ‘shadow’

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

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Sln. jagoda 1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ 2. boba ‘berry’ Cr. jagoda Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’

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Sln. koča Cr. koliba ‘hut’ Cr. kuća Sln. hiša, dom ‘house’

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Sln. konec 1. konac, kraj ‘end’ 2. kraj ‘region’ Cr. konac 1. nit ‘thread’ 2. konec ‘end’

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Sln. kovček Cr. kovčeg ‘suitcase’ Cr. kovčeg 1. kovček ‘suitcase’ 2. skrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’

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Sln. kraj Cr. mjesto ‘ihnabited place, locality’ Cr. kraj Sln. konec ‘end, region’

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Sln. leto 1. godina ‘year (in the sg.)’ 2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’ Cr. ljeto Sln. poletje ‘summer’

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Sln. lice 1. lice ‘face’ 2. obraz ‘cheek’ Cr. lice Sln. lice ‘face’

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Sln. listopad (archaic) Cr. studeni ‘November’ Cr. listopad 1. odpad(anje) listja ‘falling of leaves’ 2. oktober ‘October’

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Sln. mesto 1. mjesto ‘place’ (in geometrical sense) 2. grad ‘town, city’ Cr. mjesto 1. mesto ‘place’ (in geometrical sense) 2. kraj ‘ihnabited place, locality’

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Sln. moč 1. moć ‘mightness’ 2. snaga ‘strength’ Cr. moć Sln. moč ‘mightness’

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Sln. mož 1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’ Cr. muž Sln. mož ‘husband’

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Sln. nagel 1. nagao ‘sudden’ 2. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’ 3. brz, hitar ‘fast, quick’ Cr. nagao 1. nagel ‘sudden’ 2. nagel ‘vehement, hasty’

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Sln. obraz Cr. obraz ‘face’ Cr. obraz 1. obraz ‘face’ 2. lice ‘cheek’

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Sln. pisec Cr. pisar ‘scribe’ Cr. pisac Sln. pisatelj ‘writer’

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Sln. povest Cr. priča, legenda ‘legend’ Cr. povijest Sln. zgodovina ‘history’

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Sln. reč Cr. stvar ‘matter’ Cr. riječ Sln. beseda ‘word’

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Sln. sad Cr. plod ‘fruit’ Cr. sad Sln. zdaj ‘now’

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Sln. slovo Cr. oproštaj ‘leave-taking, farewell’ Cr. slovo Sln. črka ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Sln. snaga Cr. čistoća ‘cleanliness’ Cr. snaga Sln. moč ‘strength’

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Sln. srpen (mali, veliki) 1. srpanj ‘July’ 2. kolovoz ‘August’ Cr. srpanj Sln. mali srpen ‘July’

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Sln. sto Cr. sto ‘a hundred’ Cr. sto 1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stol Cr. stolica ‘chair’ Cr. stol Sln. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stolica Cr. katedra ‘professorship’ Cr. stolica Sln. stol ‘chair’

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Sln. traven (mali, veliki) 1. travanj ‘April’ 2. svibanj ‘May’ Cr. travanj Sln. mali traven ‘April’

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Sln. truden Cr. trudan (arch.), umoran ‘tired’ Cr. trudan 1. truden ‘tired’ 2. noseč(a) ‘pregnant’

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Sln. več Cr. više ‘more’ Cr. već Sln. že ‘already’

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Sln. vek 1. vijek, doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’ 2. vijek ‘lifespan’ Cr. vijek 1. vek ‘age, epoch’ 2. vek ‘lifespan’ 3. stoletje ‘century’

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Sln. vreme Cr. vrijeme ‘weather’ Cr. vrijeme 1. vreme ‘weather’ 2. čas, doba ‘time’

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Sln. zahod 1. zapad ‘west’ 2. zalazak ‘sunset’ Cr. zahod Sln. stranišče ‘toilet’

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Sln. život Cr. trbuh ‘belly, body’ Cr. život Sln. življenje ‘life’

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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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