False Spanish English Cognates
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COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES
www.cch-naucalpan.unam.mx72 FALSE COGNATES A false cognate is a Spanish word that looks or sounds similar to an English word but has a totally different meaning. Some examples are shown below. SPANISH WORD ENGLISH TRANSLATION CONFUSED WITH SPANISH TRANSLATION actual current actual verdadero avergonzado embarrassed pregnant embarazada
English Spanish Cognates - esdict.com
www.esdict.comIn spite of these 'false cognates', there are thousands of English words which can be converted into Spanish along with much of their English meaning (especially the literal meaning).
French Language Tutorial
ielanguages.comThe English vowels /ɪ/ as in did, /ʊ/ as in put, and /æ/ as in bat are not found in native French words. All vowels in French are pure, i.e. they are not diphthongs as in English. The so-called long vowels in English tend to have a second sound, either /j/ or /w/. For example, play is pronounced /plej/ instead of /ple/.