# False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bulgarian
## Hrvatski jezik — Български език

| Cr. brak Bg. брак ‘marriage’ Bg. брак 1. brak ‘marriage’ 2. ološ, deficitna roba ‘rejects, refuse, waste’ | map |
| Cr. dinja Bg. пъпеш ‘sweet melon’ Bg. диня Cr. lubenica ‘watermelon’ | map |
| Cr. gora Bg. планина ‘mountain’ Bg. гора Cr. šuma ‘forest’ | map |
| Cr. govor Bg. говор ‘speech’ Bg. говор 1. govor ‘speech’ 2. dijalekt ‘dialect’ | map |
| Cr. igrati Bg. играя ‘to play (a game)’ Bg. играя 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. plesati ‘to dance’ | map |
| Cr. iskustvo Bg. опит ‘experience’ Bg. изкуство Cr. umjetnost ‘art’ | map |
| Cr. kovčeg 1. ковчег ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. куфар ‘suitcase’ Bg. ковчег 1. kovčeg ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. mrtvački sanduk, mrtvački kovčeg ‘coffin’ 3. (Noemova) lađa ‘(Noah’s) Arch’ | map |
| Cr. listopad 1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. октомврий ‘October’ Bg. листопад Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ | map |
| Cr. majka Bg. майка ‘mother’ Bg. майка 1. majka ‘mother’ 2. ženka, majka (životinja) ‘dam, female animal’ 3. matica ‘nut (to screw on a bolt)’ | map |
| Cr. masa Bg. маса ‘mass’ Bg. маса 1. masa ‘mass’ 2. stol ‘table’ | map |
| Cr. meč Bg. мач ‘match, game’ Bg. меч Cr. mač ‘sword’ | map |
| Cr. muž Bg. мъж ‘husband’ Bg. мъж 1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’ | map |
| Cr. nagao 1. внезапен ‘sudden’ 2. буен, бърз ‘vehement, hasty’ Bg. нагъл Cr. bezočan, bezobrazan ‘naughty’ | map |
| Cr. obraz 1. образ ‘cheek’ 2. образ ‘face’ Bg. образ 1. obraz ‘cheek’ 2. obraz ‘face’ 3. slika ‘picture, painting’ | map |
| Cr. pamet Bg. разум ‘reason, intellect’ Bg. памет 1. pamćenje ‘memory’ 2. memorija ‘computer memory’ | map |
| Cr. povijest Bg. история ‘history’ Bg. повест Cr. kratki roman ‘novelette’ | map |
| Cr. put Bg. ограда ‘fence’ Bg. плът Cr. put ‘body, flesh’ | map |
| Cr. riječ Bg. дума, слово ‘word’ Bg. реч Cr. govor ‘speech’ | map |
| Cr. rodbina Bg. роднинство ‘relations’ Bg. родина Cr. domovina ‘motherland, home region’ | map |
| Cr. šina Bg. релса ‘rail’ Bg. шина Cr. guma ‘tyre’ | map |
| Cr. slovo Bg. буква ‘letter (of the alphabet)’ Bg. слово Cr. riječ ‘word’ | map |
| Cr. sto 1. сто ‘a hundred’ 2. маса ‘table’ Bg. сто Cr. sto ‘a hundred’ | map |
| Cr. stol Bg. маса ‘table’ Bg. стол 1. stolica ‘chair’ 2. kantina ‘canteen’ | map |
| Cr. stolica Bg. стол ‘chair’ Bg. столица Cr. glavni grad ‘capital’ | map |
| Cr. strana 1. страна ‘side’ 2. страница ‘page’ Bg. страна 1. strana ‘side’ 2. zemlja, država ‘country’ 3. obraz ‘cheek’ | map |
| Cr. šuma Bg. шума ‘forest’ Bg. шума 1. šuma ‘forest’ 2. lišće ‘foliage, leaves’ 3. džbun, grm ‘bush’ | map |
| Cr. suučestvovati Bg. съучаствувам ‘participate’ Bg. съществувам Cr. postojati ‘exist’ | map |
| Cr. trudan 1. трудна (arch.), бременна ‘pregnant’ 2. уморен, изморен ‘tired’ Bg. труден 1. trudna ‘pregnant’ 2. težak ‘hard’ | map |
| Cr. već Bg. вече ‘already’ Bg. вещ Cr. stvar ‘matter, thing’ | map |
| Cr. vijek Bg. век ‘century’ Bg. век 1. vijek ‘century’ 2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’ | map |
| Cr. vješt Bg. сръчен, умел ‘clever’ Bg. вещ Cr. stvar ‘matter’ | map |
| Cr. vrag Bg. чорт ‘devil, demon’ Bg. враг Cr. neprijatelj ‘enemy’ | map |
| Cr. vrijedan Bg. ценен ‘precious’ Bg. вреден 1. štetan ‘harmful’ 2. vješt, valjan, marljiv ‘able, clever’ | map |
| Cr. zavod Bg. институт ‘institute’ Bg. завод Cr. tvornica ‘factory, works’ | map |
| Cr. žito Bg. жита, житни растения ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’ Bg. жито Cr. pšenica ‘wheat’ | map |
* More Croatian-Bulgarian false friends:
* C. Ivanova, M. Aleksić. Srpsko-bugarski tematski rečnik: Leksikon međujezičkih homonima i polisemija. Veliko Trnovo 1999.
* For additional information on false friends, see the On-line hypertext bibliography by Daniel Bunčić and Ryszard Lipczuk.
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