FALSE FRIENDS
ENGLISH | SPANISH | SPANISH | ENGLISH |
actual | real | actual | Present / current |
advice | consejo | aviso | sign / notice |
affluent | acaudalado | afluente | tributary |
apparent | obvio / evidente | aparente | seeming |
argument | pelea / discusión | argumento | Plot |
casual | informal | casual | by chance |
casualties | víctimas / bajas | casualidad | chance |
comprehensive | amplio / completo | comprensivo | understanding |
conductor | director de orquesta | conductor | driver |
conversant (with) | versado | conversador | talkative |
compromise | acuerdo | compromiso | appointment / engagement |
crude | tosco / burdo | crudo | raw |
directory | guía telefónica | directorio | board of directors |
discuss | charlar / tratar | discutir | argue |
disgrace | deshonor / oprobio | desgracia | misfortune |
disgust | asco | disgusto | sorrow / grief |
distracted | aturdido / | distraído | absent - minded |
embarrassed | incómodo / turbado | embarazada | pregnant |
exit | salida | éxito | success |
familiar | conocido | familiar | relative |
fabric | trama / tejido | fábrica | factory |
file | archivo | fila | row / line |
gross | (peso) bruto / torpe / burdo | grueso | thick |
idiom | expresión idiomática | idioma | language |
infirm | débil (físico) | poco firme | unsteady |
intoxicated | alcoholizado | intoxicado | poisoned |
momentous | decisivo / crucial | momentáneo | temporary |
particular | peculiar | particular | private |
rare | poco común | raro | strange / queer / odd |
realize | darse cuenta / tomar conciencia | realizar | perform / carry out |
recipient | beneficiario | recipiente | container |
resume | reanudar | resumir | sum up |
sensible | sensato / juicioso | sensible | sensitive |
support | apoyar / respaldar | soportar | tolerate / bear / stand |
sympathetic | comprensivo | simpático | nice |
traduce | calumniar | traducir | translate |
ultimately | en última instancia | últimamente | lately |
vase | florero | vaso | glass |
ascertain | comprobar | acertar | hit / guess |
assist | ayudar | asistir | attend |
editor | jefe de redacción | editor | publisher |
carpet | alfombra | carpeta | folder |
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