c/wikipedia · by silverchase@sh.itjust.works · 1yContronym ("to dust" can mean "to remove dust" or "to add dust") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym119 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Ephera@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 1y
In German, we have "umfahren" (to drive around) and "umfahren" (to run somebody over).
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y
I've got a pretty tunny one in Spanish: jamás. Its definitions are:
teft@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Huesped is like that, too.
It means both host and guest.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 6 pts · 1y
They get away with it because in any case there’s normally only one obvious dust-related thing to do.
silverchase@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
But what if I want to dust a bookshelf so it looks older and unkempt?
Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
How do you make a redirection in another language? In French, le page should be https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89nantios%C3%A9mie.