Name: False Friends: English mistakes that Spanish speakers make
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Adverbs of manner

because a lot of words in Spanish and English are very similar.

You can change your accent, drop the "o" or the "a" at the end of it, make some hand gestures,

and most of the time people will understand you, as long as they're not a little stupid,

and this makes learning English for you easier.

But life is not so easy, because we have some words that you think they mean something in

Probably the most popular example would be: "embarazada".

So, in Spanish you know "embarazada" means pregnant, you're going to have a baby.

In English it sounds like the word "embarrassed".

So if you use the word, people are confused and you're probably embarrassed, too, because

So, in English we've actually made a term for these.

These things are called "False Friends", and this is the Spanish Edition.

Stay tuned for the Portuguese edition as well.

"Embarazada" means pregnant in Spanish, but in English it sounds like our English word

"Embarrassed" means you've made a mistake, you've done something stupid, and people have

seen you do it - and your face maybe goes a little red and you're a little ashamed of something.

For example, if you're walking down the street and you fall, or you're picking your nose

and somebody sees you pick your nose - you feel uncomfortable.

Okay. The next one, in Spanish you say: "sensible", "sensible", "sensible".

By the way, guys, I'm not a Spanish speaker so I'm going to make mistakes with your language.

So, in your language it means "sensitive".

"Sensitive" in English means that you are aware of other people's emotions, or the other

meaning is that you cry very easily or that you get angry very quickly.

For example, if I say: "Oh, I don't like your shoes."

If you are a sensitive person, you are upset.

But in English, "sensible" kind of means the opposite.

"Sensible" means that you're reasonable in your brain or you can make sense of something.

So, for example, if I said to you: "I don't like your shoes."

And you say: "Well, I don't care. They're not your shoes, Ronnie."

So you're being reasonable or you're being sensible to my comment.

So, in Spanish "carpeta" is a folder, it's like a thick paper where you can put other

documents in and keep it safe, keep it out of danger so you don't spill some Tequila on it.

But in English it sounds like "carpet", so a carpet is something that covers your floor.

We use carpets a lot because our floors are very cold in Canada.

For example, in Mexico, you guys don't have a carpet, it's too hot.

But a carpet is a floor covering made of fabric, not a folder.

"Compromiso" in your language means an obligation.

"Obligation" means you have to do something or you must do something.

For example, when you come to Canada through the airport you must show the airport security

In English it sounds like the word "compromise".

"Compromise" in English means you have reached an agreement.

So, for example, you want to go and see a horror movie, your friend wants to go and

You disagree, have a little discussion about it, and then at the end you go:

"Do you know what? As a compromise or as an agreement

we'll go see a comedy movie because we both like comedy movies."

So you've reached an agreement or you've reached a compromise.

"Contestar" in your language means to answer, so you can answer a question.

A teacher will ask you a question and you will contestar, you will answer the question.

But in English it sounds like the word "contest", and "contest" is like a competition.

A "competition" or a "contest" means that there is one person and some other people,

they are doing the same thing or similar thing.

So, for example, you can have a running contest where everyone's running and you try and be

Or you can have a spaghetti-eating contest.

You probably have contests at your school.

We have talent contests, those are popular now on TV.

In your language it means a company or a business.

Just to confuse you, some people if you thought about this, we have the word in English "enterprise".

Thanks. Thanks for giving us our language, by the ways.

"Empresa" we can understand as enterprise to mean a business, but it actually sounds

Maybe you've heard about something called a first impression.

But if you impress someone, it means that you make them like you.

There's a boy or a girl that you like and you want to impress them - maybe you give

them flowers or you talk to them, or "hehe", you laugh at their jokes.

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False Friends: English mistakes that Spanish speakers make

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