23-false Friends Flashcards
Abortion
El aborto
To abort / have a miscarriage
Abortar
Absolutely
Absolutamente
Not at all / absolutely not
En absoluto
Suitable
Adecuado
To surprise/ astonish
Admirar
To wave
Agitar
To wait (for)
Aguardar
To make / get upset / angry
Alterar(se)
Old person
Anciano/a
To bring / take place early
Anticipar(se)
Ancient
Antiguo
To be present (NOT to assist)
Asistir
Attendance
La asistencia
Drums (in a band)
La batería
Gross
Bruto
Saucepan
La cacerola
Baby-sitter
El canguro
To jam / disrupt
Colapsar
Jam / blockage
El colapso
Committee
La comisión
Comfort
La comodidad
Full (hotel, bus etc)
Completo
Lecture
La conferencia
Pane of glass / window pane
El cristal
Raw / uncooked / untreated
Crudo
Question (to be discussed, not asked)
Cuestión
Misfortune / bad luck
La desgracia
Unfortunately
Por desgracia
To amuse / be amused
Divertir(se)
In fact / indeed / actually
Efectivamente / en efecto
Period of time / season
La época
Cowshed
El establo
Dreadful / awful
Fatal
Sentence (not phrase)
La frase
Inspired / brilliant
Genial
Bad temper
Genio
Not to know / to be ignorant of
Ignorar
Prince / princess
El infante / la infanta
Memory (mechanism)
La memoria
Coin / currency
La moneda
Prayer
La oración
Prívate
Particular
Advertising
La propaganda
Portion (eg of food)
La ración