Falsos amigos
La misma cara, otro significado.
La mayoría de las palabras parecidas son honestas: las hermanas comparten miles de palabras que significan lo que parecen. Estas son las excepciones: unas proceden de una misma palabra latina cuyo significado derivó, otras son pura coincidencia. Cada tarjeta dice qué significan realmente las palabras, cómo dice cada lengua la otra y de dónde viene la trampa.
camera
significa ‘room (camera da letto: bedroom)’
camera
significa ‘device for taking photos’
Para decirlo
- room
- macchina fotografica
Latin CAMERA 'vaulted room' (from Greek). English camera is short for camera obscura 'dark chamber', the room-sized ancestor of the device; Italian kept the room.
Clásico
parenti
significa ‘relatives’
parents
significa ‘mother and father’
Para decirlo
- relatives
- genitori
Latin PARENTĒS meant 'parents'; Italian parenti and Spanish parientes widened it to all kin. French parents covers both senses.
Clásico
fattoria
significa ‘farm’
factory
significa ‘manufacturing plant’
Para decirlo
- farm
- fabbrica
Both from Latin FACTOR 'maker, doer'. An Italian fattore was a farm steward, so his fattoria the farm; an English factor was a trading agent, and his factory first a trading post.
Clásico
morbido
significa ‘soft’
morbid
significa ‘gruesome, preoccupied with death’
Para decirlo
- soft
- morboso
Both from Latin MORBIDUS 'diseased'. Italian softened it through 'delicate, tender (like flesh)' to plain 'soft'; English kept the disease.
Avanzado
estate
significa ‘summer’
estate
significa ‘property, land’
Para decirlo
- summer
- tenuta / proprietà
Pure coincidence: Italian estate is Latin AESTĀTEM 'summer'; English estate is Old French estat, from STATUM 'condition'.
Avanzado