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Questions about pairs of words which appear to be similar in different languages, but actually mean different things. Not to be confused with "false cognate". // Preguntas sobre palabras que parecen similares en idiomas diferentes, pero en realidad significan cosas distintas. No confundir con "falso cognado".
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What does "constipado" mean?
False Friends
Though English constipated and Spanish constipado are cognate (coming from the same root word in Latin meaning 'compacted'), they are false friends, having taken on different meanings i …
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Is "idiomático" a false friend of "idiomatic"?
They are not false cognates, since both derive from the Ancient Greek ἰδιωματικός (idiōmatikós, “related to an idiom”), but they can be false friends (See here for more info):
False friends are wo …
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Tiene "realización" el significado de comprensión en Español?
En los Estados Unidos, por influencia del cognado inglés realise, sí realizar tiene este significado, pero como nota la entrada es poco usado:
realizar. (Del ingl. to realize).
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