Spanish false friends
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English false friends |
Actual meaning in English |
Actual meaning in Spanish |
abogado
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avocado |
abogado: lawyer, advocate, solicitor, barrister |
avocado: aguacate, palta |
actualmente
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actually |
actualmente: at the moment, at present, nowadays, these days |
actually: de hecho, realmente, en realidad, incluso, hasta |
advertir
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advertise |
advertir: to warn, to notice |
advertise: anunciar, hacer publicidad |
argumento
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argument |
argumento : plot, argument |
argument : discusión, disputa |
asignatura
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signature |
asignatura: subject |
signature: firma |
balde
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bald |
balde: bucket |
bald: calvo |
bizarro
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bizzare |
bizarro: courageous, generous |
bizzare: extraño, raro |
blanco
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blank |
blanco: white |
blank: en blanco, vacío, virgen |
blando
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bland |
blando : soft, gentle, mild |
bland : soso |
bombero
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bomber |
bombero: fireman, firefighter |
bomber: bombardero, terrorista que coloca bombas |
campo
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camp |
campo: field, pitch, country, countryside |
camp: campamento, bando |
carpeta
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carpet |
carpeta: folder, file |
carpet: alfombra, moqueta |
carta
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cart |
carta: letter, menu, card |
cart: carrito, carro, carretilla |
casualidad
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casualty |
casualidad: coincidence, chance |
casualty: baja, herido, víctima |
chocar
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choke |
chocar : to collide, to crash, to run into |
choke : ahogar, asfixiar, estrangular |
codo
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code |
codo: elbow |
code: código, clave |
comodidad
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commodity |
comodidad : comfort, convenience |
commodity : producto, mercancía, artículo, materia prima |
complemento
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compliment |
complemento: complement, object |
compliment: piropo, cumplido, halago |
compromiso
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compromise |
compromiso: commitment, engagement, obligation |
compromise: término medio, solución de compromiso, acuerdo mutuo |
concreto
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concrete |
concreto: specific, concrete, real |
concrete: cemento |
conductor
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conductor |
conductor: driver, conductive |
conductor: director de orquesta, cobrador |
constipado
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constipated |
constipado: to have a cold |
constipated: estreñido |
Conveniente |
Convenient |
Conveniente:acusable, recommendable, sensible, prudent. |
Convienient: no causa inconvenientes, no es ningún problema, te va bien |
cuota
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quote |
cuota: membership fee |
quote: presupuesto, cita |
currante
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currant |
currante : worker |
currant : grosella |
decepción
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deception |
decepción: disappointment, disenchantment |
deception: engaño, falsedad |
delito
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delight |
delito : offence, common offence |
delight : encanto, placer, gusto, deleite, delicia |
desgracia
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disgrace |
desgracia: bad luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap |
disgrace : vergüenza, deshonra, deshonor, escándalo |
desierto
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dessert |
desierto: desert |
dessert: postre |
despertar
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desperate |
despertar: to wake up, to awake, to arouse |
desperate: desesperado |
destituir
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destitute |
destituir : to remove from office, to dismiss |
destitute: indigente, mísero, desposeído |
disgusto
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disgust |
disgusto: displeasure, annoyance, anger |
disgust: asco, repugnancia |
diversión
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diversion |
diversión : fun, entertainment, amusement |
diversion: desviación, desvío |
divertir
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divert |
divertir: to have fun, to entertain, to amuse |
divert: distraer, desviar |
embarazada
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embarassed |
embarazada : pregnant |
embarassed: avergonzado, embarazoso |
en absoluto
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absolutely |
en absoluto : absolutely not |
absolutely : totalmente, completamente, absolutamente |
enviar
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envy |
enviar: to send |
envy: envidiar, tener envidia |
envolver
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involve |
envolver: to wrap |
involve: involucrar, suponer, implicar, conllevar |
espada
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spade |
espada: sword, spade |
spade: pala |
espectáculo
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spectacles |
espectáculo : show, performance, entertainment |
spectacles: gafas |
éxito
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exit |
éxito: success |
exit: salida |
extranjero
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stranger |
extranjero: foreigner |
stranger: extraño, desconocido, forastero |
fábrica
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fabric |
fábrica: factory, plant |
fabric: tela, tejido |
falta
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fault |
falta: error, lack, mistake, shortage, absence |
fault: culpa |
firma
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firm |
firma: signature |
firm: compañía, empresa |
ganga
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gang |
ganga : bargain, good buy |
gang : pandilla, banda |
gentil
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gentle |
gentil: kind, charming |
gentle: tierno, bondadoso, dulce |
grabar
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grab |
grabar: to tape, to record, to engrave |
grab: agarrar, coger, pillar |
gracioso
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gracious |
gracioso: funny, amusing |
gracious: cortés, amable, benévolo |
grados
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grades |
Grados= grades Celcious, angles, |
Grades=. Notas(de exámenes) Calificaciones |
grosería |
grocery |
grosería : rude remark , rudeness, coarseness, rude expression |
grocery: tienda de comestibles, tienda de ultramarinos |
éxito
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exit |
éxito: success |
exit: salida |
extranjero
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stranger |
extranjero: foreigner |
stranger: extraño, desconocido, forastero |
fábrica
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fabric |
fábrica: factory, plant |
fabric: tela, tejido |
falta
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fault |
falta: error, lack, mistake, shortage, absence |
fault: culpa |
firma
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firm |
firma: signature |
firm: compañía, empresa |
ganga
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gang |
ganga : bargain, good buy |
gang : pandilla, banda |
gentil
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gentle |
gentil: kind, charming |
gentle: tierno, bondadoso, dulce |
grabar
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grab |
grabar: to tape, to record, to engrave |
grab: agarrar, coger, pillar |
gracioso
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gracious |
gracioso: funny, amusing |
gracious: cortés, amable, benévolo |
grosería |
grocery |
grosería : rude remark , rudeness, coarseness, rude expression |
grocery: tienda de comestibles, tienda de ultramarinos |
horno
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horn |
horno: oven |
horn: cuerno, asta, bocina |
idioma
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idiom |
idioma: language, foreign language |
idiom: locución, frase hecha, modismo |
largo
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large |
largo: long |
large: grande, numeroso, amplio |
lectura
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lecture |
lectura: reading |
lecture: conferencia, clase, reprimenda, sermón |
lentilla
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lentil |
lentilla: contact lens |
lentil: lenteja |
librería
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library |
librería: bookshop, bookstore |
library: biblioteca |
mantel
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mantle |
mantel : tablecloth |
mantle: manto, capo |
mayor
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mayor |
mayor: bigger, biggest, older, oldest |
mayor: alcalde |
media
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media |
media: stocking |
media: medios de comunicación |
molestar
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molest |
molestar: to annoy, to disturb, to bother, to upset |
molest: acosar, abusar sexualmente |
negocio
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negotiation |
negocio: business, deal |
negotiation: negociación |
nombre
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number |
nombre: name |
number: número |
noticia
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notice |
noticia: news |
notice: anuncio, aviso |
nudo
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nude |
nudo: knot |
nude: desnudo |
oficio
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office |
oficio: job, occupation |
office: despacho, oficina |
once
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once |
once: eleven |
once: una vez, una vez que, en cuanto |
pan
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pan |
pan: bread |
pan: sartén, cazuela, cacerola |
parada
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parade |
parada : stop, halt |
parade : desfile, revista |
parcela
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parcel |
parcela: plot of land |
parcel: paquete |
pariente
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parent |
pariente: relative |
parent: padre, madre |
pie
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pie |
pie: foot |
pie: tarta, pastel |
plaza
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place |
plaza: square, seat |
place: lugar, sitio |
precio
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prize |
precio: price |
prize: premio |
preservativo
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preservative |
preservativo: condom |
preservative: conservante |
presumir
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presume |
presumir: to show off, to boast, to be vain |
presume: suponer, imaginarse |
pretender
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pretend |
pretender: to try to, to want |
pretend: fingir, aparentar |
quieto
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quiet |
quieto: still, motionless |
quiet: silencioso, callado |
raro
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rare |
raro: strange, odd, weird |
rare: poco común, poco frecuente, poco hecho |
realizar
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realize |
realizar: to make, to fulfil, to accomplish |
realize: darse cuenta, comprender |
recordar
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record |
recordar: to remember, to remind |
record: grabar |
red
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red |
red: network |
red: rojo |
relativo
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relative |
relativo: related to |
relative: pariente, familiar |
remover
|
remove |
remover: to stir |
remove: quitar |
restar
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rest |
restar: to subtract |
rest: descansar |
resumir
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resume |
resumir : to summarize |
resume : reanudar |
revolver
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revolver |
revolver: to turn upside down, to stir, to toss, to mix |
revolver : revólver |
ropa
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rope |
ropa: clothes, clothing, wear |
rope: cuerda, soga |
sano
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sane |
sano: healthy |
sane: cuerdo, sensato |
sauce
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sauce |
sauce: willow |
sauce: salsa |
simpático
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sympathetic |
simpático: nice, likeable, kind, friendly, charming |
sympathetic: compasivo, comprensivo, favorable |
sopa
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soap |
sopa: soup |
soap: jabón |
soportar
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support |
soportar : to put up with, bear |
support: mantener, apoyar |
suceso
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success |
suceso: event, happening, incident, crime |
success: éxito |
tarjeta
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target |
tarjeta: card |
target: objetivo, blanco, diana |
tópico
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topic |
tópico: stereotype, commonplace, cliché |
topic: tema |
trasladarse
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translate |
trasladarse: to move, to transfer |
translate: traducir |
tuna
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tuna |
tuna: university students musical group |
tuna: atún, bonito |
últimamente
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ultimately |
últimamente: lately, recently |
ultimately: finalmente, en el fondo |
vaso
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vase |
vaso: glass |
vase: florero, jarrón |