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Spanish Lesson Advanced 27 Falsos amigos (Part 2) Posted by on Jan 4, 2012

In this advanced level Spanish video lesson we will see more English/Spanish False Friends – “Falsos Amigos”. These are words in Spanish which have a very similar appearance or sound to an English word, but mean something completely different. These words can lead you to make all sorts of mistakes if you are not careful…

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Spanish Lesson Advanced 26 False Friends – Falsos amigos (Part 1) Posted by on Dec 26, 2011

In this advanced level Spanish video lesson we will see various “False Friends”. These are words in Spanish which have a very similar appearance or sound to an English word, but mean something completely different. These words can lead you to make all sorts of mistakes if you are not careful so I hope very…

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Los falsos amigos Posted by on May 11, 2009

You’ve been studying Spanish for some time and you’ve definitely come across what we call ‘false friends’. These are tricky words that lead us to think about a meaning in Spanish that is similar to English but that’s not the case. Check out some examples, the first word is in Spanish with the translation in…

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False Friends Posted by on Aug 4, 2008

English and Spanish have many similarities, but sometimes what could be helpful ends up getting in the way. That’s the case of some words called “false friends”. They are pairs of words from different languages that look or sound similar, but are actually different in meaning. If students rely on the similarity and use the…

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