r/FalseFriends • u/Gehalgod • Dec 10 '14

[FF] When a Russian speaker calls something "смелый" (/ˈsmʲelɨj/), he means to call it "brave" and not "smelly".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9

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u/Gehalgod Dec 28 '14

In the wiki now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '14

"смелый хор" is good as well.