http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/ A little place for learning languages Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:10:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Margaret Mon, 17 May 2010 00:04:36 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/#comment-1090 We've had a lot of fun with "Fake False Cognates" in Spanish at Cachando Chile. Please excuse the self-plug, but if you like this kind of thing, check out: http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/speaking-chilensis-fake-false-cognates/ We’ve had a lot of fun with “Fake False Cognates” in Spanish at Cachando Chile. Please excuse the self-plug, but if you like this kind of thing, check out: http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/speaking-chilensis-fake-false-cognates/

]]> http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/comment-page-1/#comment-791 peter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:47:16 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/#comment-791 @Kristy: I didn't know that one, that's great! @Kristy: I didn’t know that one, that’s great!

]]> http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Kristy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:34:54 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/#comment-790 How about when your nose gets plugged up in Spanish and you say that it's "constipado"? That's sort of just funny for us English speakers, but pretty dangerous for an unsuspecting Spanish speaker with a cold. How about when your nose gets plugged up in Spanish and you say that it’s “constipado”? That’s sort of just funny for us English speakers, but pretty dangerous for an unsuspecting Spanish speaker with a cold.

]]> http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Kelly Mon, 25 May 2009 21:22:47 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/spanish/false-friends-decepcionar/#comment-761 One false friend that comes to mind is "duidelijk", which is the Dutch word for "certain". When I started learning Dutch, I kept thinking this word meant "doubtful" as both words have a similar sound. A silly mistake but one that took me a few weeks to get over. One false friend that comes to mind is “duidelijk”, which is the Dutch word for “certain”. When I started learning Dutch, I kept thinking this word meant “doubtful” as both words have a similar sound. A silly mistake but one that took me a few weeks to get over.

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