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[False Friends in Portuguese] – Part I Posted by on Dec 4, 2016

Falsos amigos em Português Portuguese, like other languages such as French, Italian and Spanish, comes from Latin. So they are from the same família (family). Many words in English also have Latin origins, so you can identify that influence in a lot of nouns, adjectives and terms. This means that a large number of words…

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Part II: Transitioning from Spanish to Portuguese Posted by on Mar 10, 2008

Today we’ll take a look at some more false cognates in Spanish and Portuguese, continuing with tips about how to transition from Spanish to Portuguese. SPANISH                    ENGLISH                PORTUGUESEbarata                          sale                     promoçãocucaracha                   cockroach               barata Examples:Hay una…

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