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Similarities between Spanish words Posted by on Jan 22, 2009

Paronyms are pairs and sets of words in a language that may be easily confused because they are similar in form. Sometimes they are related in meaning and sometimes they are quite unrelated. Check them out! 1. abertura / apertura / obertura Abertura = hole, gap, orifice. Hay una abertura en la pared. (There’s a…

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¿Gorra o gorro? Posted by on Dec 12, 2008

Because of its distinctive gender endings, Spanish does not have many words with the same form but different meanings (true homonyms). However, there are many pairs of words distinguished only by the –o and -a (and sometimes also -e) endings which are easily confused. These are known as gender paronyms. Here are some examples: el…

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