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A cognate is a word that is the same or similar in spelling and/or sound in two different languages. Be careful with false cognates!!!! They may look/sound the same in two languages but mean something totally different!!!List of common cognates
List of common cognates by subject
More Cognate information
Cognate list and games
FALSE COGNATES
Cognates and false cognates COMBINED
Notes from class:
Spanish evolved from Latin over the last two thousand years.
Words that end in –a, -o, or –e often drop or change this last vowel in English. Ex. Forma/form; positivo/positive
Identical Examples:
Chocolate
Hotel
Melón
Radio
Teléfono
Auto
Extra words:
Favorito
Guitarra
Grande
Mapa
Rápido
medicina
rosa
end in –tion in English: sometimes change to -cion
acción
atención
civilización
combinación
educación
Words that end in-ary in English sometimes change to -ario
vocabulario
necesario
diccionario
aniversario
Words that end in –ty in English sometimes change to –dad
Ciudad---city
Comunidad---community
Necesidad--- necesity
Universidad ---university
Words that end in –ic in English, add an –o
Atlántico
Automático
Romántico
Fanático
Words that end in –ical, --ico
Clásico—clasical
Cómico --- Comical
Político—political
Técnico—technical
Words that end in –ent ; --ente
Diferente, inteligente, suficiente
Words that end in –ous; --oso
Curioso, famoso, religioso, glorioso, numeroso
English words that end in –y sometimes end in-dad in Spanish
Familia, historia, misterio, farmacia, secretaria
Cognatos falsos (false cognates)
Globo---balloon quitar----to take off, to remove
Pie ---foot lectura---reading
Ropa---clothes embarazada---pregnant
Sopa---soup fútbol---soccer
Largo---long fábrica---factory
Éxito---success carpeta---folder
Hay---there is, there are
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