How much English do you

know?
LET’S CHECK THESE WORD CATEGORIES:

 ANGLICISM
 COGNATES
 FALSE FRIENDS
 English or Spanish?

You know more English words than you think.

Explain the meaning of these words in Spanish.

 Show
 Shopping
 Sale
 Mail
 Surf
 Tablet
 Let’s answer these questions:

 What are the meanings of these words in English?

Do they mean the same as in Spanish?

 Where can you see them in your daily life?

 When do you use them?

 Anglicism

An Anglicism is a word or construction

borrowed from English by another language.

With the rise in Anglophone media and global

spread of British and US cultures in the 20th and 21st
centuries, many English terms have entered popular
usage in other tongues. Technology-related English
words like internet and computer are particularly
common across the globe, as there are no pre-existing
words for them.
(extracted from https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-an-anglicism.htm)
 Cognates

Many English words and Spanish words have Latin

or Greek roots and the same meaning. These words are
called cognates.
The Spanish language borrows many English words
and, vice versa, English borrows many Spanish words.
So, a cognate is a word related to one in another language.
They are also called transparent words because they
have similar or identical forms and meaning in both
languages. The pronunciation reflects the phonological
system of each language.

(extracted from https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-cognate-words)

 Some examples:

English Español
actor actor
hospital hospital
famous famoso
importance importancia
ability habilidad
 Scrambled words:

 Order the letters to form the words.

 IUCMS – M…
 TOPMCRUE – C…
 CIMEDACA – A…
 LBOVYACURA – V…
 ACENODTUI –E…
 False friends

There are many

words in English that
seem to mean something
similar to Spanish but in
fact they mean
something completely
different.
 Matching activity

Match the words to the correct meanings in Spanish.

Use a bilingual dictionary if necessary.
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 Actual a- avergonzado
 Agenda b- asistir
 Assist c- sensato
 Attend d- tela
 Embarrassed e- orden del día
 Fabric f- padre/madre
 Lecture g- comprensivo
 Library h- ayudar
 Parent i- darese cuanta
 Realize j- conferencia
 Sensible k- biblioteca
 Sympathetic l- exacto/verdadero
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