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Ухажёр 🆚️ Ухожор 🔻These Russian nouns sound almost identical! What's the trick? 🔢 Ухажёр (masc.noun) [u-kha-zhor] A suitor; a boyfriend; someone who courts a woman 🔻This real colloquial noun comes from the verb: • Ухаживать (за) (imperf., 1st conjugation) [u-kha-zhy-vat' za] To take care of, to make approaches to a girl/woman 🔢Ухожор (masc.noun) [u-kha-zhor] SLT: an ear-eater, theone who devours an ear 🔻This is a made-up, humorous word used as a joke: • Ух(о) (an ear) + linking 'o' + жор (gluttony or a period of intense eatin) 😉Be careful not to mix them up unless you intend to be funny! #tricky_words #spoken_Russian 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost