Recognizing Cognates Pt. IV

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As I promised to you on our last lesson, today I am going to share with you a short comprehensive list of False Cognates which means, words that you may confuse with other words in English that have a similar spelling.

On the first row you’ll find the word in Spanish, on the Second row you’ll find what’s the real translation.  After that I’ll show you the False Cognate (word that is similar to another one in Spanish but that has a completely different meaning) and the real meaning of this word in Spanish.

Let’s go:

Spanish	Correct English Translation	False Cognate	Correct Spanish Translation
Asistir	To attend	To assist	Ayudar
Atender	To Serve	To attend	Asistir
Billón	Trillion	Billion	Mil Millones
Campo	Field, Countryside	Camp	Campamento, facción
Chocar	To Crash	To Choke	Ahogar, Sofocar
Colegio	School	College	Universidad
Compromiso	Obligation, Compromise	Commitment	Arreglo, Solución
Constiparse	To Catch a Cold	To be constipated	Estar extreñido
Desgracia	Misfortune	Disgrace	Deshonra
Educado	Well-mannered, polite	Educated	Culto
Embarazada	Pregnant	Embarrased	Avergonzado
Emocionante	Thrilling, moving	Emotional	Emocional
Éxito	Success	Exit	Salida
Fábrica	Factory	Fabric	Tela
Firma	Signature	Firm	Compañía
Idioma	Language	Idiom	Modismo
Largo	Long	Large	Grande
Librería	Bookstore	Library	Biblioteca
Molestar	To Bother	To Molest	Agredir Sexualmente
Pretender	To Try	To Pretend	Fingir (similar to hope to achieve)
Raro	Strange	Rare	Excepcional, poco común
Realizar	To Actualize	To Realize	Darse Cuenta
Ropa	Clothing	Rope	Cuerda
Sano	Healthy	Sane	Cuerdo, Sabio
Sensible	Sensitive	Sensible	Razonable, Sensato
Sopa	Soup	Soap	Jabón
Suceso	Event	Success	Éxito
Vaso	Drinking Glass	Vase	Jarrón

That’s all for today

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