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COGNATES
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You may already have figured out that you already know quite a few words in Spanish, easily over 3,000 to be exact. Here is your first technical term, "cognate". A cognate is a word that comes from the same original word or root, in this case, words that are the same or similar in Spanish and English.
We call cognates "freebees" because you already know these words!
How similar are these languages? Take a look at this list of simple vocabulary words; it will instantly enhance your Spanish vocabulary.
Desafío #1 (challenge):
Write a paragraph in Spanish using as many cognates as you can.
Desafío #2 (challenge):
What other cognates can you come up with that aren't on this list?
Desafío #3 (challenge):
Learning Bad words is one of the perks of learning a new language, we have hidden 5 Swear words on the site, can you find them for me?
Perfect cognates
Perfect cognates
English
English
Actor
Admirable
Agenda
Alcohol
Altar
Animal
Area
Artificial
Auto
Balance
Bar
Base
Bridge
Brutal
Cable
Cafe
Canal
Cancer
Canon
Capital
Carbon
Carton
Central
Cerebral
Cheque
Chocolate
Circular
Civil
Club
Collar
Colonial
Coma
Combustion
Conclusion
Conductor
Confusion
Considerable
Control
Cordial
Criminal
Crisis
Cultural
Debate
Decision
Diagonal
Dimension
Director
Disco
Division
Doctor
Drama
Editorial
Electoral
Elemental
Enigma
Error
Exclusive
Excursion
Experimental
Explosion
Expulsion
Extension
Exterior
Factor
Familiar
Fatal
Federal
Festival
Final
Flexible
Formal
Formula
Frontal
Fundamental
Gala
Gas
Gene
General
Genesis
Global
Grave
Habitual
Hobby
Horizontal
Horror
Hospital
Hotel
Idea
Ideal
Imperial
Implacable
Incursion
Individual
Industrial
Inevitable
Informal
Informative
Inseparable
Inspector
Interminable
Invasion
Invisible
Irregular
Judicial
Kilo
Lateral
Legal
Liberal
Literal
Local
Spanish
Spanish
Actor
Admirable
Agenda
Alcohol
Altar
Animal
Area
Artificial
Auto
Balance
Bar
Base
Bridge
Brutal
Cable
Café
Canal
Cáncer
Canon
Capital
Carbon
Cartón
Central
Cerebral
Cheque
Chocolate
Circular
Civil
Club
Collar
Colonial
Coma
Combustión
Conclusión
Conductor
Confusión
Considerable
Control
Cordial
Criminal
Crisis
Cultural
Debate
Decisión
Diagonal
Dimensión
Director
Disco
División
Doctor
Drama
Editorial
Electoral
Elemental
Enigma
Error
Exclusive
Excursión
Experimental
Explosión
Expulsión
Extensión
Exterior
Factor
Familiar
Fatal
Federal
Festival
Final
Flexible
Formal
Formula
Frontal
Fundamental
Gala
Gas
Gene
General
Génesis
Global
Grave
Habitual
Hobby
Horizontal
Horror
Hospital
Hotel
Idea
Ideal
Imperial
Implacable
Incursión
Individual
Industrial
Inevitable
Informal
Informative
Inseparable
Inspector
Interminable
Invasión
Invisible
Irregular
Judicial
Kilo
Lateral
Legal
Liberal
Literal
Local
English
English
Macho
Maestro
Mania
Manual
Marginal
Material
Matrimonial
Medieval
Mediocre
Melon
Mental
Menu
Metal
Miserable
Moral
Mortal
Motel
Motor
Multiple
Municipal
Musical
Natural
Noble
Normal
Nostalgia
Oral
Oriental
Original
Panorama
Particular
Pastor
Patio
Patron
Peculiar
Penal
Perfume
Personal
Peseta
Piano
Plural
Popular
Pretension
Principal
Probable
Protector
Provincial
Radical
Radio
Region
Regional
Regular
Religion
Reunion
Revision
Ritual
Rural
Secular
Sentimental
Serial
Sexual
Similar
Simple
Singular
Social
Solar
Solo
Subversion
Superficial
Superior
Television
Terrible
Terror
Total
Transcendental
Triple
Tropical
Unión
Universal
Usual
Verbal
Version
Vertical
Visible
Visual
Vital
Vulgar
Vulnerable
Spanish
Spanish
Macho
Maestro
Manía
Manual
Marginal
Material
Matrimonial
Medieval
Mediocre
Melon
Mental
Menú
Metal
Miserable
Moral
Mortal
Motel
Motor
Múltiple
Municipal
Musical
Natural
Noble
Normal
Nostalgia
Oral
Oriental
Original
Panorama
Particular
Pastor
Patio
Patron
Peculiar
Penal
Perfume
Personal
Peseta
Piano
Plural
Popular
Pretension
Principal
Probable
Protector
Provincial
Radical
Radio
Region
Regional
Regular
Religion
Reunion
Revision
Ritual
Rural
Secular
Sentimental
Serial
Sexual
Similar
Simple
Singular
Social
Solar
Solo
Subversión
Superficial
Superior
Televisión
Terrible
Terror
Total
Transcendental
Triple
Tropical
Unión
Universal
Usual
Verbal
Versión
Vertical
Visible
Visual
Vital
Vulgar
Vulnerable
Word ending patterns
Word ending patterns
Rule #1: When a word ends in –al in English it is usually the same in Spanish
English
English
Animal
Casual
Digital
Hospital
Medical
Portal
Spanish
Spanish
Animal
Casual
Digital
Hospital
Medical
Portal
Rule #2: When a word ends in –ance in English it will usually change to –ancia in Spanish...
English
English
Ambulance
Circumstance
Distance
France
Tolerance
Spanish
Spanish
Ambulancia
Circunstancia
Distancia
Francia
Tolerancia
Rule #3: When a word ends in –ant in English it will usually change to -ante in Spanish
English
English
Abundant
Distant
Elegant
Important
Mutant
Spanish
Spanish
Abundante
Distante
Elegante
Importante
Mutante
Rule #4: When a word ends in –ar in English it will usually stay the same in Spanish
English
English
Familiar
Lunar
Muscular
Regular
Solar
Spanish
Spanish
Familiar
Lunar
Muscular
Regular
Solar
Rule #5: When a word ends in –ary in English it will usually change to –ario in Spanish
English
English
Adversary
Anniversary
Arbitrary
Canary
Commentary
Complementary
Contrary
Diary
Glossary
Estuary
Ordinary
Primary
Rosary
Salary
Secretary
Solitary
Vocabulary
Temporary
Spanish
Spanish
Adversario
Aniversario
Arbitrario
Canario
Comentario
Complementario
Contrario
Diario
Glossario
Estuario
Ordinario
Primario
Rosario
Salario
Secretario
Solitario
Vocabulario
Temporario
Rule #6: Rule #4 : When a word ends in -ble in English are usually the same in Spanish
English
English
Audible
Cable
Destructible
Horrible
Terrible
Spanish
Spanish
Audible
Cable
Destructible
Horrible
Terrible
Rule #7: When a word ends in –ct in English it will usually change to -cto in Spanish
English
English
Abstract
Act
Artefact
Compact
Conflict
Contact
Correct
Dialect
Exact
Except
Insect
Perfect
Product
Spanish
Spanish
Abstracto
Acto
Artefacto
Compacto
Conflicto
Contacto
Correcto
Dialecto
Exacto
Excepto
Insecto
Perfecto
Producto
Rule #8: When a word ends in –ence in English it will usually change to -encia in Spanish
English
English
Coincidence
Competence
Difference
Excellence
Spanish
Spanish
Coincidencia
Competencia
Diferencia
Excelencia
Rule #9: When a word ends in –ic in English it will usually change to -ico in Spanish
English
English
Academic
Alcoholic
Artistic
Authentic
Automatic
Basic
Characteristic
Classic
Comic
Democratic
Dynamic
Diplomatic
Domestic
Dramatic
Economic
Electronic
Erotic
Exotic
Fantastic
Generic
Genetic
Geometric
Heroic
Ironic
Magic
Medic
Mosaic
Organic
Panic
Plastic
Poetic
Public
Romantic
Systematic
Tragic
Spanish
Spanish
Académico
Alcohólico
Artístico
Auténtico
Automático
Básico
Característico
Clásico
Cómico
Democrático
Dinámico
Diplomático
Doméstico
Dramático
Económico
Electrónico
Erótico
Exótico
Fantástico
Genérico
Genético
Geométrico
Heroico
Irónico
Mágico
Médico
Mosaico
Orgánico
Pánico
Plástico
Poético
Público
Romántico
Sistemático
Trágico
Rule #10: When a word ends in –id in English it will usually change to -ido in Spanish
English
English
Acid
Fluid
Rapid
Solid
Valid
Spanish
Spanish
Ácido
Fluido
Rápido
Sólido
Válido
Rule #11: when a word ends in -ly in English, it will end in -mente in Spanish
English
English
Immediately
Normally
Perfectly
Recently
Secretly
Totally
Spanish
Spanish
Inmediamente
Normalmente
Perfectamente
Recientemente
Secretamente
Totalmente
Rule #12: When a word ends in –ous in English it will usually change to -oso in Spanish
English
English
Ambitious
Calamitous
Capricious
Contagious
Curious
Delicious
Fabulous
Famous
Furious
Generous
Glorious
Gracious
Harmonious
Impetuous
Laborious
Malicious
Marvelous
Mysterious
Nervous
Numerous
Odious
Precious
Religious
Tedious
Venomous
Victorious
Spanish
Spanish
Ambicioso
Calamitoso
Caprichoso
Contagioso
Curioso
Delicioso
Fabuloso
Famoso
Furioso
Generoso
Glorioso
Gracioso
Armonioso
Impetuoso
Laborioso
Mailicioso
Maravilloso
Misterioso
Nervioso
Numeroso
Odioso
Precioso
Religioso
Tedioso
Venoso
Victorioso
Rule #13: When a word ends in -tion in English, it will end in -ción in Spanish
English
English
Abstraction
Action
Accusation
Adaptation
Admiration
Application
Appreciation
Association
Aspiration
Attention
Attraction
Authorization
Celebration
Circulation
Civilization
Classification
Collaboration
Collection
Combination
Communication
Compensation
Composition
Concentration
Conception
Condition
Conservation
Consideration
Constitution
Construction
Decoration
Exposition
Fiction
Formation
Generalization
Investigation
Nation
Participation
Perfection
Simplification
Situation
Spanish
Spanish
Abstracción
Acción
Acusación
Adaptación
Admiración
Aplicación
Apreciación
Asociación
Aspiración
Atención
Atracción
Autorización
Celebración
Circulación
Civilización
Clasificación
Colaboración
Colección
Combinación
Comunicación
Compensación
Composición
Concentración
Concepción
Condición
Conservación
Consideración
Constitución
Construcción
Decoración
Exposición
Ficción
Formación
Generalización
Investigación
Nación
Participación
Perección
Simplificación
Situación
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