Video: English words become humorous in another language
There are English words when placed in other languages that have very humorous meanings.
Did you know, in English, "kiss" means kissing, and in another language, it means "peeing" or "gift" instead of being meant as a gift. In German, it means "poison".
The opposite of the meaning of words in languages is really interesting, the video below has listed 9 words that have a humorous opposite meaning in two different languages. After watching this video, you can learn more words with more interesting meanings.
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