099 Spanish False Cognates

A false cognate is a word in Spanish that seems similar to a word in English but actually has a very different meaning.
Spanish term |
Englishterm
|
actual (“current”), actualmente (“currently”) |
actual, actually
|
asistir (“to attend”) |
assist
|
atender (“to pay attention”) |
attend
|
basamento (“base of a column”) |
basement
|
billón (“trillion”)
(when given on the long scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000,000) |
billion
(when given on the short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000)
|
bizarro (“brave, noble”) |
bizarre
|
boda (“wedding”) |
body
|
campo |
camp |
carpeta |
carpet |
chocar |
choke |
complexión |
complexion |
compromiso |
compromise |
constiparse, constipación |
constipate, constipation |
contestar |
contest |
corresponder |
correspond (communication) |
decepción, decepcionar |
deceive, deception |
delito |
delightful |
despertar |
desperate |
disgusto |
disgust |
destituido |
destitute |
dormitorio |
dormitory |
embarazada |
embarrassed |
enviar |
envy |
éxito |
exit |
fábrica |
fabric |
fútbol |
American football |
fútil |
futile |
ganga |
gang |
inconsecuente |
inconsequential |
introducir |
introduce (someone) |
largo |
large |
molestar |
molest |
once |
once |
pariente |
parent |
pretender |
pretend |
rapista |
rapist |
realizar, realización |
realize, realization |
recordar |
record |
ropa |
rope |
revolver |
revolver |
sano |
sane |
sensible, sensiblemente |
sensible, sensibly |
sopa |
soap |
soportar |
support |
suceso |
success |
tuna |
tuna |
últimamente |
ultimately |
vaso |
vase |
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