falso amigo
Portuguese, noun
falso amigo is spelled F-A-L-S-O-A-M-I-G-O (10 letters). Falso amigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see falso, amigo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does falso amigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see falso, amigo.
- 2
masculinefalse friend (word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in a language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. heterossemântico
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falso amigo
- falsos amigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).