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 Spanish translation
actual (“current”), actualmente (“currently”)	actual, actually Spanish: real (es), existente (es)
asistir (“to attend”)	assist Spanish: ayudar (es)
atender (“to pay attention”)	attend Spanish: asistir (es)
basamento (“base of a column”)	basement Spanish: sótano (es) m.
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) Spanish: millardo (es) m.
bizarro (“brave, noble”)	bizarre Spanish: extraño (es)
boda (“wedding”)	body Spanish: cuerpo (es)
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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