Julio es un rapista. He stitches clothes – Part 2

If you have not read part-1, please read it first.

Here are the meanings:

1. Estoy embrazada

Suggested meaning: I am embarrassed

The real meaning: I am pregnant.

2. Revolver por favor

Suggested meaning: Please give me the revolver

Real meaning of the word revolver is to revolve or to cause disorder. The word for the other revolver is not too different. It is revólver

3. No molestar me

Suggested meaning: Don’t molest me

Real meaning: By now most of you know the meaning. It means ‘to disturb’ and not to molest. Abusar (sexualmente) is the word for ‘molest’

4. Yo éxito el jugar

Suggested meaning: I quit the game

Real meaning: This is quite an irony, because exito in Spanish does not mean ‘to quit’, it means ‘success.’ And the word for quit in Spanish is dejar.

5. es un rapista

Suggested meaning: He is a rapist

Real meaning: Rapista is a lesser known word for a barber. A barber can also be called a barbero

Why give this list?

The list is a representative of words that are called ‘false friends.’ False friends are words which are so similar to a word in our own language that we assume that it has the same meaning in the language that we are learning. And this can cause a lot of confusion, and at times embarrassment (Definitely so if you confuse the word embrazada).

For this reason, it is good to take a look at some important false friends in Spanish, and here is the link to such a list.

http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/obviouswrong.htm

I wish you all luck in not making false friends (Pun truly intended) :-)

Adios.

Shahir