False Friends

Amigos Falsos

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Introduction

Introducción

While linguists call these false cognates, false friends refer to words that sound like English words but have different meanings in Spanish.

It's important to learn these well, because using them incorrectly can be embarrassing.

Vocabulary

Vocabulario

emocionante
excited exciting
éxito
success
largo
tall lengthy long
molestar
to disrupt to disturb to molest to annoy to bother

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