Portugal
葡萄牙
Pay Day: If you’re in Portugal, refrain from singing with happiness that it’s ‘pay day’. No one will be impressed. In Portuguese it means “I farted”.
Pay Day：如果你在葡萄牙，不要听到pay day（发薪水的日子）就开心得不得了，别人不会对你有好印象的，在葡萄牙语中，pay day 的意思是“我放屁了”。
Exquisite: Extend a compliment to your Portuguese host by describing something belonging to them as ‘exquisite’ and you might be met with askance looks: ‘esquisito’ in Portuguese means ‘weird’.
Exquisite：称赞葡萄牙的男主人时，要是说他的某个东西很exquisite（精致），他会投来怀疑的目光：这个词在葡萄牙语里的意思是“怪异的”。
Hungary
匈牙利
Cookie: If you’re visiting Hungary, whether on business or for pleasure, avoid asking for a cookie. It means 'small penis’ in Hungarian.
Cookie：如果你正在匈牙利，无论是出差还是游玩，都不要索要cookie（饼干）。在匈牙利语中它的意思是“小阴茎”。
Japan
日本
Jerry: It’s perhaps a little late for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, but if you’re in Japan, avoid using the word – it means ‘diarrhoea’ over there.
Jerry：现在买本·杰瑞的冰淇淋可能有点晚了，但如果你在日本，就不要用这个单词——在那儿的意思是“腹泻”。
Italy
意大利
Tremendous: Refrain from boasting about the tremendous prices you offer your clients. In this country, ‘tremendo’ is the word for ‘terrible’.
Tremendous：避免吹嘘你给客户报的价格是tremendous prices（高昂的价格），在这个国家里，tremendo是“糟糕”的意思。
Netherlands
荷兰
Bill: Asking for the bill might raise a few guffaws in the Netherlands: ‘bill’ means ‘buttocks’ there.
Bill：在荷兰索要bill（账单）可能会引起哄堂大笑：在那儿的意思是“臀部”。
Lager: It might confuse your Dutch colleagues if you were to ask for a ‘lager’ when having a few drinks with them after work. Lager means 'storage’ in Dutch.
Lager：如果你下班后和荷兰的同事一起喝酒时索要lager（窖藏啤酒），他们可能会蒙了。这个词在荷兰语中的意思是“仓库”。
Spain
西班牙
Cool: The word cool is too close for comfort to the Spanish word ‘culo'; a crude term for ‘bum’. Best avoided.
Cool：cool（凉爽）这个单词的意思太接近西班牙语的单词culo，是“流浪汉”的一种粗鲁的说法，最好不要用。
So be careful when you make use of these words during communication so as not to get lost with contrary meaning and interpretation.
所以，在和别人交流时使用这些词要注意，以便不会错误地表达成相反的意思或解释。
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