"falso amigo" meaning in Portuguese

See falso amigo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: falsos amigos [plural]
Etymology: Calque of English false friend, itself a calque of French faux-ami. Etymology templates: {{calque|pt|en|false friend}} Calque of English false friend, {{calque|pt|fr|faux-ami|nocap=1}} calque of French faux-ami Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} falso amigo m (plural falsos amigos)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see falso, amigo. Tags: masculine Related terms: falso cognato
    Sense id: en-falso_amigo-pt-noun-vIr5I~WA
  2. (linguistics) false friend (word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in a language) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-falso_amigo-pt-noun-GV8KHS7N Categories (other): Linguistics, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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