Cognates Martes 20 de Septiembre

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You can learn Spanish cognates by learning a few simple rules and applying them to your existing knowledge of English. In this way you can quickly expand your Spanish vocabulary. Spanish is a language that evolved from Latin over the last two thousand years. English, although it is not as closely related to Latin as Spanish, takes thousands of Latin words, many of them the same words that Spanish uses. In addition, both languages have borrowed many words from Classical Greek. This results in thousands of cognates between English and Spanish.

Let’s try some out Spanish words that end in -a, -o or -e very often have an equivalent in English. Simply drop or change the last vowel. mapa aire caso causa costo creativo credito dieta drama favorito figura formaguitarra líquido lista medicinapersona

Words that end in -ary in English very often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -ario vocabulario aniversario diccionario disciplinario itinerario literario necesario ordinario salario

English words that end in -ic usually have a Spanish cognate that simply adds an -o. sarcástico romántico patriótico Atlántico automático democrático didáctico escolástico fanático gimnástico linguístico lunático optimístico fantástico

Like the previous category, English words that end in -ical have a Spanish cognate that ends in - ico. cómico clásico técnico sicológico (psychological) práctico político periódico (newspaper,periodical) metódico histérico físico eléctrico

English words that end in -ent often have a cognate in Spanish that ends in -ente. These words are usually adjectives. agente Words that end in -ment in English have equivalents in Spanish that simply add an -o. These words are nouns. sentimiento (sentiment) suficiente potente patente inteligente indiferente equivalente diferente cliente testamento suplemento argumento sacramento

English words that end in -or often have a Spanish cognate that is identical. actor English words that end in -ist often have a Spanish cognate. artista profesor error motor humor doctor director color autor (author) recepcionista turista pianista moralista florista

There are many Spanish cognates that end in -cion. The equivalent English word ends in -tion. Note that all of these words have the stress on the final syllable. Also, all of these words are feminine in gender Words that end in -dad are quite common in Spanish. They usually correspond to an English word that ends in -ty. All of these words are feminine in gender English words that end in -ent often have a cognate in Spanish that ends in -ente. These words are usually adjectives. Some English words that end in -ous have a Spanish cognate that ends in -oso. English words that end in -ence or -ance often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -encia or -ancia

words that end in- mente (as opposed to just -ente). They usually have an English cognate that ends in -ly. These are adverbs. Words that end in -al in both English and Spanish are often cognates -ant (or sometimes -ent)words in English sometimes end in -ante in Spanish.