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You have the advantage of the same alphabet and a mile long list of cognates. What this means is you effectively start learning Spanish with a vocabulary of almost 1000 words without even trying.  \nWhen you find words that are the same in both languages they are referred to English-Spanish cognates.  \nThe proper definition of cognate is reserved for words that exists in two different languages and have the same root or origin. Since Spanish and English both have Latin roots there are heaps of words that are the same or very close in both languages.  \nIn this article I’m going to provide a list of perfect cognates and near perfect cognates for Spanish and English.  \nThere are way more English-Spanish cognates than what I have provided in this article but the cognates that I have focused on are the more useful due to their frequency and practicality in both languages.  \nI suggest you read through the full list once over and then when you have a good feel for the patterns that start to emerge with the cognates, start to put them in a few Spanish sentences to get a feel for how they sound.  \nObviously they aren’t pronounced the same as in English but once you have the rules down for Spanish pronunciation you are free to communicate away.  \nCognates Definition  \nIn this article, I have defined perfect cognates as words that are spelt exactly the same in Spanish and English except for maybe an accent over one letter and they mean the same thing in both languages.  \nI have defined near perfect cognates as words that have up to 3 letters different. But you will be able to see that there are certain patterns that form with near perfect cognates that allow you to potentially predict when a near cognate is likely to exist if, of course, you don’t have this list handy.  \nThere is also a heap of false cognates or false friends, which will be a topic for another post but note here that they are words that are spelt the same or similar  \nbut mean completely different things. For example one of the most famous Spanish-English false friends is‘embarazada’which doesn’t mean‘embarrassed’ it means‘pregnant’.  \nPerfect Cognates  \nHere is the list of perfect English-Spanish cognates:  \n\n| SPANISH ENGLISH |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Actor\u003Cbr>Admirable\u003Cbr>Agenda\u003Cbr>Alcohol\u003Cbr>Altar\u003Cbr>Animal\u003Cbr>Area\u003Cbr>Artificial\u003Cbr>Auto\u003Cbr>Balance\u003Cbr>Bar\u003Cbr>Base\u003Cbr>Bridge\u003Cbr>Brutal\u003Cbr>Cable\u003Cbr>Café\u003Cbr>Canal\u003Cbr>Cáncer\u003Cbr>Canon\u003Cbr>Capital\u003Cbr>Carbon\u003Cbr>Cartón\u003Cbr>Central\u003Cbr>Cerebral\u003Cbr>Cheque | Actor\u003Cbr>Admirable\u003Cbr>Agenda\u003Cbr>Alcohol\u003Cbr>Altar\u003Cbr>Animal\u003Cbr>Area\u003Cbr>Artificial\u003Cbr>Auto\u003Cbr>Balance\u003Cbr>Bar\u003Cbr>Base\u003Cbr>Bridge\u003Cbr>Brutal\u003Cbr>Cable\u003Cbr>Cafe\u003Cbr>Canal\u003Cbr>Cancer\u003Cbr>Canon\u003Cbr>Capital\u003Cbr>Carbon\u003Cbr>Carton\u003Cbr>Central\u003Cbr>Cerebral\u003Cbr>Cheque |\n\n| Chocolate | Chocolate |\n| --- | --- |\n| Circular | Circular |\n| Civil | Civil |\n| Club | Club |\n| Collar | Collar |\n| Colonial | Colonial |\n| Coma | Coma |\n| Combustión | Combustion |\n| Conclusión | Conclusion |\n| Conductor | Conductor |\n| Confusión | Confusion |\n| Considerable | Considerable |\n| Control | Control |\n| Cordial | Cordial |\n| Criminal | Criminal |\n| Crisis | Crisis |\n| Cultural | Cultural |\n| Debate | Debate |\n| Decisión | Decision |\n| Diagonal | Diagonal |\n| Dimensión | Dimension |\n| Director | Director |\n| Disco | Disco |\n| División | Division |\n| Doctor | Doctor |\n| Drama | Drama |\n| Editorial | Editorial |\n| Electoral | Electoral |\n| Elemental | Elemental |\n| Enigma | Enigma |\n| Error | Error |\n\n| Exclusive | Exclusive |\n| --- | --- |\n| Excursión | Excursion |\n| Experimental | Experimental","cbCaiviwEiDiULaz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiviwEiDiULaz","pdf",909900,14,"English","# Cognates overview\n## Perfect and near-perfect cognates\n## False friends warning\n# Perfect cognates list","[{\"question\":\"What are English-Spanish cognates and why are they useful?\",\"answer\":\"Cognates are words in English and Spanish that share the same root and are the same or very close in form. They help learners start with a large familiar vocabulary of nearly 1000 words.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the guide define perfect cognates?\",\"answer\":\"Perfect cognates are words spelled exactly the same in Spanish and English (allowing for possibly one accent difference) and meaning the same thing in both languages.\"},{\"question\":\"What are near-perfect cognates and what limitation does the guide mention?\",\"answer\":\"Near-perfect cognates are words with up to three letters different between the two languages. Patterns in these differences can help learners predict likely near cognates.\"}]","1001 Spanish Words You Already Know - A Guide To English-Spanish Cognates | PDF",1790578476,35]