Cognates Martes 20 de Septiembre Improve your Spanish

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. drama causa figura favorito lista mapa persona caso lista aire creativo líquido forma guitarra dieta credito medicina costo

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

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

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

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

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

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 -ence or -ance often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -encia or -ancia 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.

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.