{"id":129,"date":"2009-01-22T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=129"},"modified":"2009-01-22T12:17:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T16:17:45","slug":"similarities-between-spanish-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/similarities-between-spanish-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Similarities between Spanish words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paronyms <\/strong>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!<\/p>\n

1. abertura \/ apertura \/ obertura<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abertura <\/strong>= hole, gap, orifice. Hay una abertura en la pared.<\/em> (There\u2019s a hole in the wall.)
\nApertura <\/strong>= act of opening (as in an inauguration). La apertura del congreso fue con una orquesta.<\/em> (They opened the conference with an orchestra.)
\nObertura <\/strong>= overture (music). La obertura de La Traviata.<\/em> (The overtura of La Traviata).<\/p>\n

2. abrevar \/ abreviar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abrevar <\/strong>= to water, to drink. Los animals abrevan en el r\u00edo.<\/em> (The animals drink water from the river.)
\nAbreviar <\/strong>= to abbreviate, to shorten. \u00c9l tuvo que abreviar su tesis.<\/em> (He had to shorten his thesis.)<\/p>\n

3. acatar \/ catar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acatar <\/strong>= to obey, to respect. Tienes que acatar la ley.<\/em> (You have to obey the law.)
\nCatar <\/strong>= to taste (esp. wine). Su trabajo consiste en catar vinos.<\/em> (His job is to taste wines.)<\/p>\n

4. aderezar \/ enderezar<\/strong>
\nAderezar <\/strong>= to prepare, to dress (salad). Aderez\u00f3 la ensalada con sal y aceite.<\/em> (He dressed the salad with salt and oil.)
\nEnderezar <\/strong>= to straighten, to set upright. Hay que enderezar esta verja.<\/em> (We have to straighten this railing.)<\/p>\n

5. afrentar \/ afrontar<\/strong>
\nAfrentar <\/strong>= to affront (insult). No me gusta que me afrentes as\u00ed.<\/em> (I don\u2019t like you insulting me like this.)
\nAfrontar <\/strong>= to place (two people or things) face to face; to confront (danger, difficulties). Afrontar un<\/em> peligro o una dificuldad.<\/em> (Face up to a danger or difficulty)<\/p>\n

6. agrupaci\u00f3n \/ grupo<\/strong>
\nAgrupaci\u00f3n <\/strong>= association, gathering (political, religious, etc.). Una agrupaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica<\/em> (a political group)
\nGrupo <\/strong>= a group (general). Un grupo de animales. <\/em>(A group of animals.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s a…<\/p>\n

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