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    The document discusses false cognates, which are Spanish words that look or sound similar to English words but have different meanings. It provides examples of Spanish words and their intended meaning alongside the English words they could be confused with. Some false cognate pairs include avergonzado (embarrassed) and embarazada (pregnant), ayudar (to assist) and asistir (to attend), and concurso (contest) and contestar (to answer). In total, 15 Spanish-English false cognate pairs are listed with their Spanish and intended English translations.

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    The document discusses false cognates, which are Spanish words that look or sound similar to English words but have different meanings. It provides examples of Spanish words and their intended meaning alongside the English words they could be confused with. Some false cognate pairs include avergonzado (embarrassed) and embarazada (pregnant), ayudar (to assist) and asistir (to attend), and concurso (contest) and contestar (to answer). In total, 15 Spanish-English false cognate pairs are listed with their Spanish and intended English translations.

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    False Cognates English

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    The document discusses false cognates, which are Spanish words that look or sound similar to English words but have different meanings. It provides examples of Spanish words and their intended meaning alongside the English words they could be confused with. Some false cognate pairs include avergonzado (embarrassed) and embarazada (pregnant), ayudar (to assist) and asistir (to attend), and concurso (contest) and contestar (to answer). In total, 15 Spanish-English false cognate pairs are listed with their Spanish and intended English translations.

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    FALSE COGNATES

    A false cognate is a Spanish word that looks or sounds similar to an English word but has a
    totally different meaning. Some examples are shown below.

    SPANISH ENGLISH CONFUSED SPANISH


    WORD TRANSLATION WITH TRANSLATION
    actual current actual verdadero
    avergonzado embarrassed pregnant embarazada
    ayudar to assist to attend asistir a un lugar
    banco bank bench banco de plaza
    biblioteca library bookshop librería
    cacerola pan bread pan
    ceder to compromise commitment compromiso
    compasión sympathy affection simpatía
    conocido familiar relative pariente
    concurso contest to answer contestar
    darse cuenta to realize to make realizar
    éxito success event suceso
    fábrica factory cloth tejido and tela
    fecha date data dato
    fenomenal,
    terrific terrifying terrorífico
    genial
    padres parents relatives parientes
    política policy police policía
    real actual current actual
    salida exit success éxito
    tela fabric factory fábrica

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