Cognados / cognates are words that are very similar in two different languages. For example, “computer” in English and “computadora” in Spanish. Find 5 cognates between Spanish and any other language you know! You cannot repeat more than 2 that somebody else has already posted!
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1. artistic in English is artistico in Spanish
2. celebration in English is celebracion in Spanish
3. academic in English is academico in Spanish
4. calm in English is calmar in Spanish
5. declaration in English is declaracion in Spanish
muy bien!
Faith in English is Fe in Spanish
Success in English is Exito in Spanish
Family in English is Familia in Spanish
Food in English is Alimento in Spanish
Money in English is Dinero in Spanish
Thank you! Familia is definitely a cognate, and fe could be considered one also.
Éxito is actually a false cognate, because it means success and not exit, which it sounds like.
Dinero and alimento are good words to know, though they would be hard to guess based on their sound in English. Did you mean they were cognates with words in another language?
Cognitive-Cognitivo
Telephone-Telefono
Information-Informacion
Anniversary-Aniversario
Academic-Academico
excelente
– Zarafa (زرافة) in Arabic is Jirafa in Spanish.
– Qamis (قميص) in Arabic is camisa in Spanish.
– Alsukar (السكر) in Arabic is azúcar in Spanish.
– bantalun (بنطلون) in Arabic is pantalones in Spanish.
– zaytun (زيتون) in Arabic is aceituna in Spanish.
fabuloso!
Rose – Rosa
Television – televisión
Exotic – Exótico
Fantastic – Fantástico
Delicious – Delicioso
genial!
1. Problem/Problemo
2.Hamburger/Hamburguesa
3.Culture/Cultura
4. Attention/Atencion
5.Vocabulary/Vocabulario
muy bien.
Problem is actually problema (a masculine word that ends in A)
Exact – Exacto
Pact- Pacto
Perfect- Perfecto
Contact- Contacto
Impact- Impacto
muy bien!
I typed cognates in 3 languages: Spanish-English and Russian, also I put Russian pronunciation at the end of each line.
aeropuerto – airport-аэропо́рт [aeropо́rt]
política(feminine), político(masculine)-politician-политик [polític]
música-music-му́зыка [música]
número-number-но́мер [nо́mer]
sorpresa-surprise-cюрприз [surpeez]
video-video-ви́део [vídeo]
muy interesante!
English | Spanish
Program | Programma
Velocity | Velocidad
Quiet | Quieto
Utilize | Utilizar
Cabin | Cabana
genial!
Tennell Jones
Family or Familia
Excellent or Excelente
Telephone or Tele’fono
Nostalgic or Nostalgico
Kilo or Kilo
excelente!
Professional in English is Profesional in Spanish
Restaurant in English is Restaurante in Spanish
University in English is Universidad in Spanish
Bicycle in English is Bicicleta in Spanish
Action in English is Acción in Spanish
muy bien!
Accident/Accidente
Adventure/Aventura
Appetite/Apetito
Cabin/Cabina
Elephant/Elefante
buen trabajo!
action – acción
function – función
abundant – abundante
brilliant – brilliante
elegant – elegante
eso!
English | Spanish
1) No | No
2) Chocolate | chocolate
3) Ambulance | Ambulancia
4) Student | Estudiantes
5) metro | metro
6) original | Original
excelente!