Más Cognados Self Check
Cognates are the words that look similar to words in another language. Learning these patterns of cognates can be very helpful and you can add to your vocabulary very quickly if you learn how these work. In this course we will learn a new group of cognates in each unit, just as in Spanish 1.
Words that end in -fy in English generally end in -icar in Spanish. Observa:
| identify | identificar |
| testify | testificar |
See if you can identify the following in Spanish:
| intensify | |
| clarify | |
| verify | |
| justify |
Let's review the cognate patterns that you might have seen in Spanish 1. Identify the words below in Spanish.
| action | |
| anticipation | |
| artist | |
| dentist | |
| reality | |
| liberty | |
| investigate | |
| decorate | |
| plastic | |
| magic |
In summary...
| English words that end in… | Spanish words that end in… |
| -tion ex. concentration |
-ción ej. concentración |
| -ity ex. charity |
-dad ej. caridad |
| -ic ex. romantic |
-ico ej. romántico |
| -ist ex. perfectionist |
-ista ej. perfeccionista |
| -ify ex. personify |
-icar ej. personificar |
