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Same in both languages These words keep the same spelling in Spanish and English.
Select all in this group hospital hospital chocolate chocolate animal animal hotel hotel idea idea radio radio piano piano doctor doctor actor actor natural natural normal normal final final general general total total popular popular social social personal personal central central local local real real color color error error horror horror motor motor taxi taxi metal metal cereal cereal plan plan festival festival capital capital original original tropical tropical terrible terrible horrible horrible flexible flexible visible visible probable probable regular regular similar similar familiar familiar interior interior exterior exterior superior superior
-tion → -ción (and -sion → -sión) English -tion and -sion usually become -ción and -sión.
Select all in this group información information nación nation acción action educación education situación situation conversación conversation emoción emotion solución solution opción option posición position invitación invitation celebración celebration organización organization comunicación communication población population relación relation tradición tradition condición condition atención attention construcción construction decisión decision televisión television misión mission versión version
-ty → -dad Many English nouns ending in -ty end in -dad in Spanish.
Select all in this group universidad university ciudad city realidad reality actividad activity comunidad community oportunidad opportunity electricidad electricity curiosidad curiosity creatividad creativity identidad identity personalidad personality sociedad society calidad quality cantidad quantity variedad variety necesidad necessity libertad liberty
-ous → -oso English adjectives ending in -ous often end in -oso.
Select all in this group famoso famous delicioso delicious curioso curious nervioso nervous generoso generous furioso furious misterioso mysterious religioso religious precioso precious ambicioso ambitious
-ic → -ico English -ic commonly becomes -ico in Spanish.
Select all in this group público public económico economic fantástico fantastic romántico romantic básico basic clásico classic eléctrico electric histórico historic político political específico specific automático automatic plástico plastic dramático dramatic
-ly → -mente Many English adverbs ending in -ly use -mente in Spanish.
Select all in this group rápidamente rapidly completamente completely normalmente normally generalmente generally totalmente totally especialmente especially exactamente exactly finalmente finally
-ist → -ista English words ending in -ist often end in -ista.
Select all in this group artista artist dentista dentist turista tourist pianista pianist optimista optimist pesimista pessimist
-ant / -ent / -ment → -ante / -ente / -mento These familiar endings shift slightly in Spanish.
Select all in this group importante important elegante elegant inteligente intelligent diferente different excelente excellent presidente president paciente patient accidente accident restaurante restaurant estudiante student elefante elephant momento moment documento document monumento monument elemento element instrumento instrument argumento argument experimento experiment
-ary → -ario English -ary often becomes -ario in Spanish.
Select all in this group diccionario dictionary necesario necessary aniversario anniversary salario salary vocabulario vocabulary ordinario ordinary extraordinario extraordinary primario primary secundario secondary
Verbs Many familiar verbs take a Spanish -ar ending.
Select all in this group celebrar celebrate decorar decorate crear create usar use visitar visit preparar prepare practicar practise organizar organise imaginar imagine comunicar communicate explorar explore participar participate controlar control admirar admire aceptar accept invitar invite
Everyday words These everyday Spanish words already look reassuringly familiar.
Select all in this group teléfono telephone música music familia family problema problem sistema system programa program planeta planet mapa map tomate tomato limón lemon café coffee fruta fruit autobús bus tren train aeropuerto airport bicicleta bicycle museo museum parque park banco bank oficina office farmacia pharmacy policía police foto photo cámara camera minuto minute persona person grupo group número number lámpara lamp tigre tiger león lion jirafa giraffe serpiente serpent/snake mosquito mosquito insecto insect
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embarazada pregnant (not embarrassed) éxito success (not exit) librería bookshop (not library) carpeta folder (not carpet) sensible sensitive (not sensible) actual current (not actual) asistir to attend (not to assist) realizar to carry out (not to realise) recordar to remember (not to record) molestar to bother (not to molest) ropa clothes (not rope) largo long (not large) pariente relative (not parent) constipado having a cold (not constipated) Spanish cognates FAQ What are Spanish cognates? Words that look similar and mean the same in Spanish and English, because both languages share Latin roots.
How many Spanish words do I already know as an English speaker? Most English speakers recognise hundreds straight away, and patterns like -tion → -ción extend that to thousands.
What is the -tion to -ción rule? Most English words ending in -tion become -ción in Spanish: nation → nación, information → información.
What are false cognates? Words that look alike but mean different things, like embarazada, which means pregnant.
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