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Nouns

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Spanish noun Meaning False friend of Spanish translation of English false friend(s)
advertencia warning advertisement (anuncio)
amígdala tonsil amygdala (cuerpo amigdalino)
aurora dawn aurora borealis (aurora boreal)
babel chaos babble (balbuceo, galimatías)
bafle loudspeaker baffle (deflector, pantalla acústica)
balón ball balloon (globo)
bando edict, side band banda, grupo
barro mud bar bar, barra, pastilla, palanca
batata sweet potato potato papa, patata
bruma mist broom escoba
cacerola saucepan casserole cazuela
camarera waitress, maid camera cámara
campo country, field camp campamento
cardo thistle, ugly or harsh person card carta, tarjeta
cargo post, charge, responsibility cargo carga, cargamento, flete
carpeta folder carpet alfombra
cáscara shell, peel cask barril, barrica
casualidad chance, coincidence casualty víctima
cata tasting cat gato
celibato celibacy celibatarian célibe
chacra farm chakra chakra
cigarra cicada cigar cigarro
cola tail, queue, end cola bebida de cola
colonia cologne colony
colono colonist, tenant farmer colon
comentario comment commentary
compromiso commitment compromise
concha shell conch, concha
conducto conduit, pipe, channel conduct
conmoción shock commotion
costumbre habit, custom, tradition constume traje, disfraz
cova wine cellar cove cala
cuesta slope quest búsqueda
curso course curse maldición
dato fact, datum date fecha
demanda request, lawsuit demand
demencia insanity, madness dementia, Alzheimer's disease
deportista sportsman, sportswoman one who deports or is deported
desgracia misfortune, disaster disgrace
destreza skill distress
ducha shower douche
editorial publisher, publishing house editorial
encuesta survey, opinion poll inquest
envío dispatch, shipment, parcel envy
equivocación error, mistake, slip equivocation
factura bill, invoice fact
faro lighthouse, headlamp farro
fastidio annoyance, irritation fastidious person, neatnik
fatalidad fate, destiny, misfortune fatality
finalidad aim, purpose finality
fleco fringe fleck
ganga bargain ganja
grandiose magnificent, grand grandiose
hipo hiccup, hiccough hippo
incremento increase, rise increment
insolación sunstroke insulation, insolence
intento attempt intent
internar to hospitalize to intern
juicio judgment, sense juice
labrador farmer, husbandman Labrador retriever
molesto annoyed, vexed, annoying, uncomfortable molested
negocio business, deal, shop negociation
nudo knot, link, junction nude
olivo olive tree olive
panti tights, panty hose panty
papa potato (cf. papá) papa, father, grandfather
parada stop (such as for vehicles) parade
peregrino pilgrim Peregrine falcon halcón peregrino
plumero feather duster plumber
preservativo condom preservative conservante
pulpo octopus pulp pulpa
pupa cold sore pupa crisálida
quid nub, crux quid libra; mascada
recipiente container, receptable recipient beneficiario, recibidor
red network red
refrán proverb, saying refrain
reinserción reintegration reinsertion
repartición distribution, sharing out (cf. repartir and partir) repartition
resorte spring resort recurso
resortes connections resorts
robo theft, robbery robot robot, autómata
ropa clothes rope cuerda, soga
ruin nasty, vicious, mean, nasty, stingy ruin ruina; arruinamiento
sauce willow sauce salsa
sauco elderberry sauce salsa
según according to, depending on second segundo
sensible sensitive sensible sensato
so! damn!, great!, whoa! [addressed to a steed] so!
soberbia haughtiness, arrogance suburbia
submarinista scuba diver submarine officer
tímpano eardrum timpani tímpanos, atabales
tobogan slide, chute toboggan
tope end, top, limit, stop, catch, snag, collision, quarrel, reinforcement, et al. tope shark; blacktip tope cazón, tiburón vitamínico; Hypogaleus hyugaensis
trampa trap, snare, trapdoor tramp; homeless person; prostitute; slut vagabundo; el los sin techo, el los sin hogar; prostituta; meretriz, puta
vaso glass vase florero

Verbs

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Spanish verb Meaning False friend of Spanish translation of English false friend(s)
advertir to warn to advertise anunciar
anticipar to foretell, to prepay, et al. to anticipate
asesorar to advise to assess evaluar, valorar, tasar, juzgar
balancear to rock, to swing to balance equilibrar
barrer to sweep to bar prohibir, excluir, impedir
bordar to embroider to board abordar, embarcar, subir
bordear to border, to skirt to board abordar, embarcar, subir
censar to make a census of to censor
chafar to flatten, to crush to chaff burlar, ridiculizar
chillar to shout, to yell, to creek, to sizzle, to hiss to chill enfriar
constiparse to catch a cold, to become congested to constipate estreñir
damnificar to cause, to occasion to damn, to condemn
demandar to request, to sue to demand
denominar to name, to call to nominate, to denominate
depurar to purify to contaminate
desgraciar to ruin, to spoil to disgrace deshonrar
duchar to shower to douche hacerse lavados vaginales
editar to publish, to release to edit corregir
elaborar to manufacture, to make to elaborate explicarse con detalles
encauzar to channel to cause causar, ocasionar
enrollar to roll up, to waffle on to enroll matricular, inscribir, registrar
entablar to begin to table
enterrar to bury to enter entrar, ingresar
escamar to make suspicious to scam
fechar to date to fetch ir a buscar, traer a, venderse a, venderse por
fingir to feign, to pretend to finger tocar, manosear, identificar
fracasar to fail, flop, lose to brawl, to quarrel pelear, reñir
garrotear to beat, to club to garrote
molestar to bother to molest
negar to deny to negate
pinchar to puncture, to sting, to flirt, et al. to pinch
rebotar to bounce, to rebound to reboot
reclamar to demand, to claim to reclaim
recolectar to gather together, et al. to recollect recordar, acordarse
recordar to remember to record grabar
recuerdo memory record, recording registro, disco, expediente, grabación
recurrir to resort to, to appeal to, to turn to, to call on to recur repetirse, volver a
regresar to return to regress retroceder
restar to subtract, to take away to rest descansar, reposar
resumir to summarize (cf. resumé) to resume continuar, reanudar, reasumir
suceder to happen, to occur (false cognate?) to succeed tener éxito

Adjectives

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Spanish adjective Meaning False friend of
ajustado tight, tight-fitting adjusted (equilibrado, modificado, rectificado)
constipado congested (as from a cold) constipated (estreñido)
desgraciado unfortunate, wretched disgraced (deshonrado)
embarazada pregnant, pregnant woman embarrassed (avergonzado)
entrañable close, intimate, dearly (be)loved trainable (entrenable)
inedito unpublished unedited (sin editar, poco editar)
soso dull, uninteresting, tasteless so-so (así así)
vidrioso glass, brittle, glazed vitriolic (vitriólico)

False cognates

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Spanish word Meaning False friend Spanish translation of false friend(s)
mensa stupid (Mexican slang)