Spanish Cognates

Cognates -
Spanish vs English

a word that LOOKS like and MEANS the same thing between 2 languages

​

Cognates:

Una banana

Un dragón

sometimes the spelling is EXACTLY the same like "una banana" and "un dragón" but sometime the spelling is similar​

Spelling:

Una bicicleta

Un elefante

Let´s see if we can guess what the following Spanish words mean.

Multiple Choice

la familia

• family

• familiar

• house

Multiple Choice

interesante

• insect

• interesting

• fantastic

Multiple Choice

el globo

• map

• glob

• globe

Multiple Choice

el chocolate

• candy

• chocolate

• vanilla

Multiple Choice

la isla

• island

• iguana

• state

Multiple Choice

el limón

• simon

• sour

• lemon

Multiple Choice

magnífico

• magnificent

• magic

• magnifier

Multiple Choice

fotografía

• photograph

• graph

• camera

Multiple Choice

septiembre

• October

• September

• Sarah

Multiple Choice

lección

• test

• lesson

• lemon

Multiple Choice

importante

• necessary

• intelligent

• important

Multiple Choice

fruta

• flower

• fruit

• vegetables

there are 20,000 cognates between Spanish and English!!

In Total:

We can use these cognates to help us in Spanish. We LOVE cognates!!!

This is great news!

sometimes, there are FALSE cognates.

However....

Multiple Choice

False cognates are when a word looks like the same word between Spanish and English but they mean different things.

• True

• False

Ropa does not mean rope, but clothes!

Example #1:

Embarazada does not mean embarrassed, but pregnant!

Example #2:

Multiple Choice

Cognates are when a word LOOKS and MEANS the same thing in 2 languages.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Words that are not spelled EXACTLY the same between 2 languages cannot be cognates. Ex: el elefante is not a cognate.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

There are 20,000 cognates between Spanish and English.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

False cognates can confuse us by thinking a word means something when it actually doesn't!

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

"Chocolate" is a cognate in Spanish.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

"El Globo" is a cognate in Spanish.

• True

• False