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Cognates Mrs Sayarh
Cognates in Spanish
| Spanish words that end in -a, -o or -e very often have an equivalent in English. Simply drop or change the last vowel. Example:lista/list. aire/air | |
| aire | |
| atleta | |
| caso | |
| causa | |
| costo | |
| creativo | |
| dieta | |
| drama | |
| favorito | |
| forma | |
| guitarra | |
| lista | |
| mapa | |
| medecina | |
| mucho | |
| parte | |
| persona | |
| positivo | |
| rapido | |
| uso | |
| victima | |
| visita | |
| There are many Spanish cognates that end in -ción. 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. | |
| la accion | |
| la administracion | |
| la admiracion | |
| la animacion | |
| Many Spanish words that end in -ma are irregular in that they are masculine in gender, even though they end in the usually feminine -a. | |
| el sisteMA | the system |
| el draMA | |
| el idioMA | |
| el probleMA | |
| el diagraMA | |
| el teMa | |
| Words that end in -ary in English very often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -ario. | |
| aniversario/diccionario/disciplinario/itinerario/literario/necesario/ordinario/vocabulario | anniversary/dictionary/disciplinary |
| Words that in 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. Example la autoriDADmeans authoriTY | |
| la autoridad | authority |
| la ciudad/la comunidad/la enfermedad/la formalidad/la necesitad/la personalidad/la prosperidad/la universudad/la velocidad | |
| English words that end in -ic usually have a Spanish cognate that simply add an -o. Example atlantico means atlantic | |
| democratico/didactico/automatico/scolastico/fantastico/gimnastico/linguitico/optimistico/pesimistico/romantico/sarcastico | |
| English words than end in –ent often have a cognate in Spanish that ends in –ente. These are usually adjectives but sometimes also nouns. Example agente means agent | |
| cliente/diferente/equivalente/indeferente/patente/potente/suficiente | |
| Spanish words that end in –mente are usually the equivalent of –ly words in English – and usually adverbs. Example correctamente means correctly | |
| afortunadamente/desafortunadamente/especialmente/generalmente/normalmente/naturalmente/oviamente/rapidamente/finalmente |
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