Cognates - Week 1-2

Question 1

ACTUAL

Answer 1

(FC)
≠ actual or real.
= current, present, “mi hogar actual está aquí en Washington.”

Question 2

ADICTO

Answer 2

(PC)
= addicted to a vice
= partisan or follower: “soy adicto de Mujica”

Question 3

ADMITIR

Answer 3

(pfc)
= to admit that something is true.
≠ permit entrance to a show; instead use “dar entrada”

Question 4

ABANDONAR

Answer 4

(pfc)
≠ to give something up completely
= to leave temporarily: “el presidente abandonó el salón.”

Question 5

ACTA

Answer 5

(fc)
≠ act
= formal written minutes of a meeting: “leyó el acta de la reunión”
Note: for English “act” in a sense of the “law,” instead use “ley”: “Ley Taft-Hartley

Question 6

ADVERTENCIA

Answer 6

(fc)
≠ advertisement; instead use “anuncio.”
= warning

Question 7

AGONÍA

Answer 7

(pfc)
≠ agony in the sense of suffering intensely; instead use “dolor terrible.”
= usually means dying

Question 8

APERTURA

Answer 8

(pfc)
= aperture in the sense of a hole or orifice.
Also = opening or inauguration of a formal event.

Question 9

APOGEO

Answer 9

(pfc)
= apogee in astronomy
Also = zenith of height of a person’s powers.

Question 10

APRECIAR

Answer 10

(pfc)
= to esteem.
Rarely = to appreciate

Question 11

APROBAR

Answer 11

(pfc)
= give approval.
Also = to pass an exam.

Question 12

ARGUMENTO

Answer 12

(pfc)
= legal or intellectual argument
≠ disagreement; instead use “una disputa.”

Question 13

ARSENAL

Answer 13

(FC)
= shipyard
≠ munitions factory; instead use “fábrica de armas y municiones”

Question 14

ASISTIR

Answer 14

(pfc)
= to help or aid (rarely); better to use “ayudar.”
Usually = attend: “asistí al concierto en el Kennedy Center”

Question 15

ATENDER

Answer 15

(pfc)
= to take care of
≠ to be present at; instead , use “asistir.”

Question 16

AUDIENCIA

Answer 16

(pfc)
= hearing or meeting with an important person.
≠ audience in the sense of the public attending a function; instead use “público” or “auditorio.”

Question 17

AVISAR

Answer 17

(fc) ≠ advise; instead use “asesorar” or “aconsejar.”

= warn or let someone know