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Slovenščina — Български език

Българско-словенски неверни приятели на преводача


Sln. beseda
Bg. слово ‘word’
Bg. беседа Sln. pogovor, razgovor, pomenek ‘talk’
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Sln. čas
Bg. време ‘time’
Bg. час Sln. ura ‘hour’
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Sln. dinja
Bg. пъпеш ‘sweet melon’
Bg. диня Sln. lubenica ‘watermelon’
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Sln. Dunaj
Bg. Виена ‘Vienna’
Bg. Дунав Sln. Donava ‘Danube’
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Sln. enota
Bg. единица, поделение ‘unit’ (as in vojaška enota, 'military unit')
Bg. енот Sln. rakun ‘racoon’
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Sln. gora
Bg. планина ‘mountain’
Bg. гора Sln. gozd, les ‘forest’
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Sln. igrati
1. играя ‘to play (a game)’
2. играя ‘to play (theatre)’
3. свиря ‘to play (music)’
Bg. играя 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’
3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’
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Sln. jagoda
1. ягода ‘strawberry’
2. сочен зърнест плод от храстови растения ‘berry’
Bg. ягода Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’
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Sln. kovček
Bg. куфар ‘suitcase’
Bg. ковчег 1. krsta, rakev ‘coffin’
2. skrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’
3. (Noetova) barka ‘(Noah’s) Arch’
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Sln. leto
1. година ‘year (in the sg.)’
2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Bg. лято Sln. poletje ‘summer’
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Sln. listopad
1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’
2. ноемврий ‘November’
Bg. листопад Sln. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
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Sln. masa
Bg. маса ‘mass’
Bg. маса 1. masa ‘mass’
2. miza ‘table’
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Sln. nagel
1. внезапен ‘sudden’
2. брз, пъргав ‘fast, quick’
3. буен, бърз ‘vehement, hasty’
Bg. нагъл Sln. predrzen, nesramen ‘naughty’
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Sln. obraz
Bg. образ ‘face’
Bg. образ 1. obraz ‘face’
2. podoba, slika ‘picture, painting’
3. lice ‘cheek’
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Sln. plot
Bg. ограда ‘fence’
Bg. плът Sln. telo ‘body, flesh’
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Sln. povest
Bg. приказка, предание ‘legend’
Bg. повест Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’
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Sln. reč
Bg. вещ ‘matter’
Bg. реч Sln. govor ‘speech’
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Sln. slovo
Bg. прощаване ‘leave-taking, farewell’
Bg. слово Sln. beseda ‘word’
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Sln. stol
Bg. стол ‘chair’
Bg. стол 1. stol ‘chair’
2. jedilnica, menza ‘canteen’
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Sln. stolica
Bg. катедра ‘professorship’
Bg. столица Sln. glavno mesto ‘capital’
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Sln. stran
1. страна ‘side’
2. страница ‘page’
Bg. страна 1. stran ‘side’
2. zemlja, dežela ‘country’
3. lice ‘cheek’
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Sln. truden
Bg. уморен, изморен ‘tired’
Bg. труден 1. težak, težaven ‘hard’
2. noseča, v drugem stanu ‘pregnant’
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Sln. več
Bg. повече ‘more’
Bg. вещ Sln. reč, stvar, zadeva ‘matter, thing’
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Sln. vešč
Bg. сръчен, умел ‘clever’
Bg. вещ Sln. stvar, reč ‘matter’
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Sln. vrag
Bg. чорт ‘devil, demon’
Bg. враг Sln. sovražnik ‘enemy’
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Sln. vreden
Bg. ценен ‘precious’
Bg. вреден 1. škodljiv ‘harmful’
2. spreten, vrl, zmožen ‘able, clever’
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Sln. zavod
Bg. институт ‘institute’
Bg. завод Sln. tovarna ‘factory, works’
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Sln. žito
Bg. жита, житни растения ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’
Bg. жито Sln. pšenica ‘wheat’
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Sln. život
Bg. търбух, корем ‘belly, body’
Bg. живот Sln. življenje ‘life’
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Sln. zrno
Bg. зърно ‘corn, kernel’
Bg. зърно 1. zrno ‘corn, kernel’
2. jagoda ‘berry’
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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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