some Spanish false cognates

Jade.Xuereb
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After writing my cognates post which you can find here ; https://languagetools.io/forum/t/1802

I thought i had better p[ut a warning about false cognates you will also find many words in foreign languages that feel familiar but may trip you up here are a few i can think of in Spanish

La injuria... Cognate suggest injury related however it means 'Insult' injury is la herida ( la e ree da)

Los parientes... Parents ? no t quite it is actually @Relative@ parents is Los padres (los pa dres)

Estoy Embarazada... Instincts say I am embarrassed but in reality it is I am pregnant (could be embarrassing to mix this one up) I am Embarrased is really Estoy avergonzado/a (es toy a ver gon tha do/a


1 more Estoy Constipado/a... I have a cold! ! ! 


Any one have any others??


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stanzheng wrote:
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你好郑先生。Did we pass the test?

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Jess.PWinkler
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Jade.Xuereb wrote:
Estoy Constipado/a... I have a cold! ! !


In south america we actualy use "constipado" as "constipated" o.o


But I have 1..... "decadent", I always found odd how people have "decadent chocolate cakes". In Spanish we use "decadente" for things that are loosing their value or spirit (?) or something that's kind of old

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Jade.Xuereb
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We use it in the same way primarily it means somethingd declining in value or aging etc, but... For cake its meaning is indulgent. If a person is decadent they sprndoney on things they don't need just to have them whether they are old or useless or deteriorated... 

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Sometimes I'm guilty of these quick jumping to conclusions that certain spanish words would mean what I thought of them. Like for example "conocerte" and "ropa". I thought they mean "concert" and "rope", but they actually mean "meet" and "clothing", respectively. 

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Realizar (to perform, carry out) y actualmente (currently, now) are 2 important ones to know the differences. 


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