Here is a list of false cognates Spanish / English.
These "false friends" or "amigos falsos" deliberately lie in wait to trip you up on your language learning journey...
.. this list then can be invaluable.
... to avoid the trips
....and to avoid those stumbles.
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actual
actualmente
la advertencia
la agenda
la agoniฬa
la alcoba
alterado(a)
ansioso(a)
la arena
el argumento
la asignatura
la asistencia
asistir
el atentado
avisar
el bachillerato
el balde
el baloฬn
el bigote
bizarro (a)
blanco (a)
la boda
el bombero
el bufete
la caฬmara
el campo
la cara
el cargo
la carpeta
la carrera
la carta
el cartoฬn
la casualidad
chocar
el codo
el colegio
el compromiso
el concurso
constipado (a)
contestar
la copa
corresponder
la costumbre
el creฬdito
el criterio
crudo (a)
la cuestioฬn
la decepcioฬn
la delincuencia
el delito
la desgracia
discutir
el disgusto
divertir
echar
educado (a)
efectivo
embarazada
la empresa
la etiqueta
eventual
el eฬxito
la faฬbrica
la falta
fastidioso (a)
la firma
el fracaso
fuฬtbol
fuฬtil
la ganga
el globo
grabar
gracioso (a)
grande
honesto (a)
el humor
el idioma
ignorar
la jubilaciรณn
largo (a)
la lectura
la letra
la librerรญa
la mano
el mantel
la marca
la masa
matar
mayor
la miseria
molestar
el motivo
el negocio
la noticia
el nudo
el oficio
once
el pan
la parada
la parcela
la pared
el pariente
el patrรณn
el periรณdico
el pie
la polรญtica
la pรณliza
el postre
probar
el / la profesor/a
quieto
quitar
raro
realizar
la receta
recordar
la red
el regalo
remover
restar
retirado
revolver
la ropa
la sanidad
sano (a)
sensible
simpaฬtico (a)
sin
el sobre
la sopa
soportar
suave
suceder
el suceso
la trampa
tratar
uฬltimamente
el vaso
present moment
present moment
warning
a program(me) to follow
dying moments
bedroom
angry, upset
eager
sand
debate
subject
attendance
to attend
attack
to warn
four years of college
bucket
ball
moustache
weird, odd
white
wedding
fireman
law firm
chamber
countryside, field
face
charge, a position
binder, file
race
letter
cardboard
coincidence
to crash
elbow
(private) school
commitment
contest
having a cold
to answer
glass, goblet
to agree with
habit
credit (to pay on credit)
judgment
raw , unrefined
issue to be resolved
disappointment
crime
crime
misfortune
argue, debate
displeasure, annoyance
to have a good time
to cast, to throw out
polite
actual, real
pregnant
business, company
label
possible
success
factory
shortage, lack
annoying
signature
failure
soccer, (football Br Eng)
trivial, insignificant
bargain
balloon
to record
funny
large
decent, sincere
mood
language
to not know
retirement
long
reading
letter in alphabet, lyrics
bookstore, bookshop
hand
table cloth
brand
dough
to kill
larger, older
poverty
to annoy
cause, reason
business
news
knot
trade, function
eleven
bread
stop
plot of land
wall
relative, kin
boss
newspaper
foot
politics
policy
dessert
to try, to taste
teacher
still, motionless
to take away
odd, strange
to carry out, to execute
recipe, prescription
remember
network, net, internet
gift
to stir, move around
subtract
withdrawn
to return
clothing
public health
healthy
sensitive
friendly
without
envelope
soup
to put up with
smooth
to happen
event, happening
trap
to handle, to deal with
lastly, at a last
drinking glass
Spanish false cognates that begin with A
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Spanish false cognates that begin with B
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Spanish false cognates that begin with C
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with C
Spanish false cognates that begin with D
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with D
Spanish false cognates that begin with E
Spanish false cognates that start with E
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with E
Spanish false cognates that begin with F
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with F
Spanish false cognates that begin with G
Spanish false cognates that start with G
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with G,H,I
Spanish false cognates that begin with H, I, & J
Spanish false cognates that start with H I J
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with J,L & M
Spanish false cognates that begin with L - a wordcloud
Spanish false cognates that start with L
Spanish false cognates that begin with M
Spanish false cognates that start with M
Spanish false cognates that begin with N & O
Spanish false cognates that start with N, O
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with N, o & P
Spanish false cognates that begin with P - a wordcloud
Spanish false cognates that start with P
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with Q & R
Spanish false cognates that begin with Q & R
Spanish false cognates that start with Q, R
Spanish false cognates that begin with S
Spanish false cognates that start with S
A YouTube video on Spanish false cognates beginning with S T U & V
Spanish false cognates that begin with T, U, & V
Spanish false cognates that start with T U V
