Tag Archives: False cognate
[False Friends in Portuguese] – Part I Posted by carol 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…
Part II: Transitioning from Spanish to Portuguese Posted by Transparent Language 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…