Definitions
Cognados: Casi Perfectos
Cognados Perfectos
Cognados falsos
Solo Cognados
100

The word cognate is a cognado word.  Cierto o Falso?

Cierto: Cognates=Cognados

100

Tell me this cognate in Spanish:            

                Music

           

Musica

100

What is the perfect cognate of the English word Animal in Spanish.

Animal

100

What does Spanish word "Éxito" mean in english ?

 Looks like "exit" in English, but means "success" in Spanish.

100

Translate the English word "information" to Spanish.

Informacion

200

The cognate is a word that has the same spelling and meaning in English and Spanish. Cierto o Falso?

Falso 

Some cognates have the same meaning but are NOT written the same, but are written similarly in English and Spanish. Example Music

Same are similar but falso cognados

200

Translate: Dificultad

Difficulty

200

Identify a cognate for ACTOR in Spanish...

actor

200

What is the English meaning of the spanish word "sopa"?

Soup

200

What is the Spanish equivalent of the English word "famous"?

Famoso

300

Cognates help us learn English or Spanish ( or any other language) . Cierto o Falso

Cierto

Cognates use vocabulary we already know to learn words in another language.

300

Translate into English: El papa de Edi es un elefante.

Edi's dad is an Elephant.

300

What is the Spanish equivalent of the English word director that is also a perfect cognate?

Director

300

Identify the meaning of the Spanish word "pie" in English.

Foot

300

Translate Family from English to Spanish.

familia.

400

A perfect cognate is ________

A "perfect cognate" is a word that is identical in spelling and meaning between two languages.

Ex: chocolate, doctor, cinema 

400

All of these words are cognates: Opinion         Amigo            Cebra

Parque            Leon             Hospital

Verdad o Mentira?

True or a lie

Mentira -No.  Amigo = friend is not a cognate. Amigo is a term that is familiar to nearly everyone, yet when translated, it may not be pronounced or read identically in English, even though it has the same meaning. 

400

All of these words are perfect cognates except 

Opinion       Hospital         Motor

Hotel            Economico            Principal

Economico

400

What is the English translation of the Spanish word "ropa"?

Clothes

400

Provide the Spanish translation for "conversation" and identify the type of cognate.

Conversacion- casi- near- almost perfect cognate

500

Cognates help us learn Spanish by recognizing and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ new vocabulary more easily.

understand

500

What do we call false cognates?

We call false cognates those words that look and sound similar in Spanish and English but have different meanings.


Example:

  • "Ropa": Similar to "rope" but means "clothes" in Spanish.
  • "Librería": May look like "library" but means "bookstore" in Spanish.
  • "Sopa": Not "soap," but means "soup" in Spanish.
500

All of these are perfect cognates except:

Cinema, Destino, Flexible, Miserable

Destino=Destin

500

"Librería": May look like "library" but means _________  in Spanish

"bookstore"

500

Provide the Spanish translation for "Generic" and identify the type of cognate. SPANISH

Generico- Casi Perfecto