FALSE FRIENDSFALSE FRIENDS
False friends are pairs of words in two languages or dialects that look or sound
similar, but differ in meaning.
PARENTS - parientes?PARENTS - parientes?
PARENTSPARENTS RELATIVESRELATIVES
AVOCADO - abogado?AVOCADO - abogado?
AVOCADOAVOCADO LAWYERLAWYER
BRAVE - bravo?BRAVE - bravo?
BRAVEBRAVE FIERCEFIERCE
CARPET - carpeta?CARPET - carpeta?
CARPET CARPET FOLDERFOLDER
ACTUALLY - actualmente?ACTUALLY - actualmente?
ACTUALLYACTUALLY NOWADAYSNOWADAYS
IDIOMS - idiomas?IDIOMS - idiomas?
IDIOMSIDIOMS LANGUAGESLANGUAGES
CONSTIPATED - constipado?CONSTIPATED - constipado?
CONSTIPATED TO HAVE A COLDCONSTIPATED TO HAVE A COLD
SUCCESS - suceso?SUCCESS - suceso?
SUCCESSSUCCESS EVENT EVENT
SUBURBS - suburbios?SUBURBS - suburbios?
SUBURBSUBURB SLUM SLUM
ARGUMENT - argumento?ARGUMENT - argumento?
ARGUMENT ARGUMENT PLOTPLOT