spanish english confusing words - falsos amigos

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Spanish and English Confusing Words

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•Why Spanish / English Confusing Pairs •3 Falsos Amigos – Spanish/English Confusing Pairs •Why English Confusing Word Pairs •3 English Confusing Word Pairs •Learn more English Confusing Pairs



Spanish and English Confusion

•English has significant Latin root words in common with Spanish. •These Latin words have similar spellings. •However, the meaning of these words changed over time.



Falsos Amigos between Spanish and English/1

Get Top 65 Commonly Confused English Word Pairs


Spanish Falso Amigo ATENDER

English Translation To pay attention, take care of something

ATENDER - ATTEND

English Look Alike ATTEND

Spanish Translation Asistir (a)

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Spanish Falso Amigo LECTURA

English Translation Reading

LECTURA - LECTURE

English Look Alike LECTURE

Spanish Translation Conferencia, charla







Spanish Falso Amigo SOPORTAR

English Translation To tolerate

SOPORTAR - SUPPORT

English Look Alike SUPPORT

Spanish Translation Apoyar




4 Types Confusing English Pairs/1 •Homographs: same spelling as another word, but different sound and meaning. (bass (loud, deep sound)– bass (fish) •Homonym: sounds like another word, same or different spelling. (pair (fruit) – pair (couple) / fair (county fair) – fair (just)



4 Types Confusing English Pairs/2 •Heteronym: different sound, but same spelling as another word. (tear (in eye) – tear (to rip, like paper) •Homophone: sounds like another word, but different spelling. (pair (fruit) – pair (couple)



English Confusing Pairs/1



ALLUSION An indirect reference

ALLUSION- ILLUSION

ILLUSION A false reality







EMIGRATE To exit one country to live in another

EMIGRATE- IMMIGRATE

IMMIGRATE To enter a new country to live







QUOTE To cite

QUOTE- QUOTATION

QUOTATION A citation or act of citing




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