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No offence intended (Portuguese/English/German) 1t1t1t

In Portuguese faca means 'knife' but in English the sound of this word is not very pleasant!The Germans are also displeased with the Portuguese word fiquem, which is used to ask a group of people to stay. In German it sounds very similar to a word that means 'having it off'.

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