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We hope you find it very useful.  \nThis is part of a 3-part lesson series by Rui Coimbra & Joel Rendall of [practiceportuguese.com.](practiceportuguese.com. There)[ There](practiceportuguese.com. There) is also a video that goes with this lesson, at [practiceportuguese.com/words](practiceportuguese.com/words).  \nIf you learn something new from this lesson, we'd love to hear from you in the comments at the above link! Feel free to share this lesson, (all we ask is for you to keep intact our logo and urls) .  \nObrigado!  \n– Rui & Joel  \nOur mission is to create quality European Portuguese learning tools for people around the world, of all ages.  \n5000+ Portuguese Words  \n(That You Already Know!)  \nWhat are Cognates? (3:04)  \nHave you ever noticed that sometimes you can look a Portuguese word you have never seen before, and still understand what it means?  \nOr if you have already had Portuguese conversations, you may have even successfully guessed a word you have never studied, just by changing the ending of an English word.  \nWhen words are similar in multiple languages, they are called cognates. In our case, we will explore cognates that are words that are very similar in English and Portuguese.  \nAs you probably know, Portuguese is referred to as a Romance language. Others include Spanish, Italian, French, Catalan, and sometimes Romanian is also included in this group.  \nAs an English speaker, you're at a huge advantage for learning Portuguese – and even moreso if you speak another Romance language.  \nSample Paragraph of Cognates (4:08):  \nTry to understand the following paragraph, at fi rst without looking at the translation. Regardless of your current Portuguese level, you will probably be able to understand most of, if not all of the words.  \nÉ incrível a quantidade de vocabulário que consegues compreenderimediatamente por estudar cognatos. Simplesmente observando esta lição, vais descobrir como utilizar estes conceitos regularmente.  \nNow you can compare the words in the translated paragraph to see the similarities.  \nIt's incredible the quantity of vocabulary you can comprehend immediately by studying cognates. Simply by observing this lesson you'll discover how to utilize these concepts regularly.  \nCan you think of any other similar words you have seen that are similar in both languages?  \nMore Examples:  \n• coleção (collection)  \n• virtual (virtual)  \n• independente (independent)  \n• capacidade (capacity)  \n• dentista (dentist)  \nFalsos Cognates / \"Falsos Amigos\" (5:32)  \nInstead of true cognates, many Portuguese classes will focus on what's referred to as Falsos Amigos / False Cognates / False Friends.  \nThese are words that look similar, but have a different meaning. They are usually very memorable, because with the difference in meaning between the two languages, they can lead to funny or even embarrassing situations.  \nWhy Should We Focus on True Cognates Instead? (6:06)  \n1. There are many more true cognates than false cognates (see statistics below)  \n2. 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