Amigos Falsos 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. We will continue to learn more cognate patterns in this semester.

Before we begin to learn additional cognates, we are going to learn about a few false cognates. These are words in another language that look like a word in English, but do not mean what we expect they will mean. They are also sometimes called "false friends" because, although they seem to be user-friendly, they are actually the opposite.

It is wise to make a list of these words and begin to learn them so that you avoid using them at the wrong time. You can try to guess what these words mean but be prepared....click on the word to see the actual meaning. You will see how it could be very wrong to use these when you think it would be the right word.