false friends - R

What is this?

There's a certain amount of words which came into both Serbian and English from other languages, mostly Latin, but have different meanings in each language.

Even native English words may mean something else in Serbian, for several reasons:
1) they were misunderstood when coming into Serbian
2) they were understood well first time, but changed their meaning in English meanwhile
3) they were understood well first time, but changed their meaning in Serbian meanwhile

Of course, there is also all the Greek and Latin which is wrongly used in English - just look up "pathetic", and remember how it's used today.

9-IV-2006 - 29-VIII-2023 go home  
in English
in Serbian it means
is similar to
which means
rally
politički masovni skup
reli
all terrain car race
rally
razmena udaraca (tenis), slet, zbor, miting, reli
reli
cross country car race
ramp
prilaz
rampa
fender at railroad crossing
realize
shvatiti
realizovati
make real; make come true; sell; get money for; produce (as in "production" in showbiz sense)
reclaim
povratiti
reklama
advertisement
recorder
blok flauta, magnetofon
rekorder
who achieves a (world or other) record
recruit
zavrbovati, pridobiti, popuniti (radna) mesta, naći ljudstvo za neki posao
regrutovati
draft into an army
refrain
uzdržati se (od nečega)
refren
chorus
regal
kraljevski
regal
cupboard set, covering a wall
regulator
zakonodavac
regulator
a regulating mechanism or control (hardware)
rehabilitation
lečenje od droga ili alkohola
rehabilitacija
restoring the rights and good name after the accusation was proven false
replica
reprodukcija (istorijskog predmeta, umetničkog dela)
replika
retort, a response in a dispute
representation
zastupljenost preko poslanika ili advokata
reprezentacija
1) team representing a country in an international tournament
2) cost of courting business partners - bar tabs, presents
reprisal
represalija
repriza
rerun
require
zahtevati, biti neophodno
rekvirirati
commandeer
residence
boravište
rezidencija
abode of an ambassador, king, bishop or other dignitary
resume, n
radna biografija
rezime
recap[itulation]
resume, v
nastaviti [gde se stalo, posle pauze]
rezimirati
to recap[itulate]
revere
poštovati, uvažavati
rever
lapel
reverse
obratno, rikverc, obrnuti
revers
receipt for borrowed item, to destroy on return
review
pregled, pretres, smotra, recenzija
revija
(fashion) magazine, journal, fashion show
rheum
sluz, slina, krmelj
reuma
rheumatism
romance
ljubavni roman, zabavljanje
romansa
genre of old city song, of Hungarian/Russian provenance, usually sad and with violins
rouge
rumenilo, puder te boje
ruž
lipstick