Cognados 1

Question 1

actual (fc)

Answer 1

DOES NOT MEAN actual or real

= current, present

Question 2

adicto (pc)

Answer 2

= addicted to a vice

= partisan or follower

Question 3

admitir (pfc)

Answer 3

= to admit that something is true

DOES NOT MEAN permit entrance to a show; instead use “dar estrada”

Question 4

abandonar (pfc)

Answer 4

DOES NOT MEAN to give something up completely

=to leave temporarily

Question 5

acta

Answer 5

DOES NOT MEAN act

= formal written minutes for a meeting

Question 6

advertencia (fc)

Answer 6

DOES NOT MEAN advertisement

= warning

Question 7

agonía (pfc)

Answer 7

DOES NOT MEAN agony in the sense of suffering intensely (instead use dolor terrible)
= usually means dying

Question 8

apertura (pfc)

Answer 8

= aperture in the sense of a hole or orifice

also = opening or inauguration of a formal event

Question 9

apogeo (pfc)

Answer 9

= apogee in astronomy

also - zenith of height of a person’s powers

Question 10

apreciar (pfc)

Answer 10

= to esteem

rarely = to appreciate

Question 11

aprobar (pfc)

Answer 11

= give approval

Also = to pass an exam

Question 12

argumento (pfc)

Answer 12

= legal or intellectual argument

DOES NOT MEAN disagreement; instead use “una disputa”

Question 13

arsenal (FC)

Answer 13

= shipyard

DOES NOT MEAN munitions factory (instead use “fabrication de arias y municiones”)

Question 14

asistir (pfc)

Answer 14

= to help or aid (rarely); better to use ayudar

usually = to attend

Question 15

atender (pfc)

Answer 15

= to take care of

DOES NOT MEAN to be present at; instead use “asistir”

Question 16

audiencia (pfc)

Answer 16

= hearing or meeting with n important person

DOES NOT MEAN audience in the sense of the public attending a function; instead use “public” or “auditorio”

Question 17

avisar (fc)

Answer 17

DOES NOT MEAN advise; instead use “asesorar” or “aconsejar”

= warn or let someone know

Question 18

a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente

Answer 18

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

Question 19

a duras penas

Answer 19

with great difficulty

Question 20

a escondidas

Answer 20

without the knowledge of; secretly; under the table

Question 21

a grandes rasgos

Answer 21

briefly, in outline

Question 22

a lo largo de

Answer 22

bordering; along the length of

Question 23

a más tardar

Answer 23

at the latest

Question 24

a prueba de

Answer 24

proof against…

Question 25

a quemarropa

Answer 25

point blank

Question 26

a quien corresponda

Answer 26

to whom it may concern

Question 27

a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda

Answer 27

the early bird gets the worm

Question 28

a través de

Answer 28

through, across

Question 29

a última hora

Answer 29

at the last moment; in the nick of time

Question 30

acabar de

Answer 30

to have just

Question 31

acusar recibo

Answer 31

to acknowledge receipt

Question 32

al fin y al cabo

Answer 32

when all is said and done

Question 33

al pan, pan y al vino, vino

Answer 33

call a spade a spade

Question 34

al pie de la letra

Answer 34

to the letter, thoroughly

Question 35

algo por el estilo

Answer 35

something like that

Question 36

andar como loco

Answer 36

run around wildly

Question 37

antes doblar que quebrar

Answer 37

if you can’t lick them, join them