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False friends: flat

Posted on June 22nd, 2007 in Language

In Portuguese, a flat is a hotel apartment. They are very common in the big cities, and very popular among business travellers on long stays far from home. The British English term flat is translated as apartamento in Brazilian Portuguese.

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