Cognates: True Cognates in English
Cognates: True Cognates in English
Cognates: True Cognates in English
Cognates
True cognates:
Cognates are words that have a common origin. They may occur in a language or in a group of languages.
Example:
the word 'composition' in English and the word 'composición' in Spanish and similar words
French, Italian and Portuguese are cognates because they all come from the same root.
The general rule is that cognates have similar meanings and are derived from the same root (origin).
Basic English uses cognates in different languages.
Example: train, attention, apparatus, experience, invention, etc.
False cognate
They are words that are similar in their spelling and pronunciation in English and Spanish but they have
different meanings.
Equivalent words: they are words that are exactly the same in their spelling and meaning in English and
Spanish.
Foreign Words: they are words whose origin is English but we use them in Spanish as though they were born
in our language.
Science subjects
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1. astronomía—astronomy
2. biología—biology
3. botánica—botany
4. ecología--ecology
5. química-chemistry
6. geología—geology
7. meterología—meteorology
8. física—physics
1. célula—cell
2. atómica—atomic
3. diagrama—diagram
4. energía—energy
5. genético (a)—genetic
6. hipótsis-hypothesis
7. metálico—metallic
8. microscopios—micropscopes
10. radioactividad-radioactivty
11. ciencia—science
12. termómetro-thermometer
13. universo—universe
14. volcán—volcano
Math words
1. matemáticas—math
2. multiplicar—multiply
3. multiplicación—multiplication
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4. división—division
5. adición—addition
6. subtracción—subtraction
7. álgebra—algebra
8. geometría—geometry
9. fracción—fraction
10. decimal—decimal
Technology words
1. computadora—computer
2. programa—program
3. disc—disk
4. técnico—technical
5. sistemas—systems
6. calculador—calculator
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