TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?message-squaremessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoEmbarazado in spanish has both meanings, being pregnant and being embarrassed. Edit: in any case, it is still odd to use it that way. “Estoy embarazada” 100% equals “im pregnant”… “estoy embarazado” would still be odd. To express embarrassment, we usually divert it not to us but to the origin of the embarrassment “Que situación embarazosa”
Embarazado in spanish has both meanings, being pregnant and being embarrassed.
Edit: in any case, it is still odd to use it that way.
“Estoy embarazada” 100% equals “im pregnant”… “estoy embarazado” would still be odd.
To express embarrassment, we usually divert it not to us but to the origin of the embarrassment
“Que situación embarazosa”