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Introduction to Spanish-English Cognates

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OBJECTIVE: Expand your Spanish vocabulary by "making up" (so to speak!) words, using a probabilities factor: a different ending = the same word in a different language.
TASK: Study the patterns below, and see "how many" cognates you can come up with on your own.
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About Cognates ...
Cognates are words that "look alike" or "sound alike" from one language to another. The following endings represent word-groups that are transferrable from English to Spanish (and vice versa), to create words understandable in the other language.
Please note that THIS DOES NOT WORK for every single word in each language. There are exceptions to every rule.


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Using these "cognate endings" on words can expand your vocabulary tremendously in one giant step. Pick one and carefully work through a few words of your choice, adding them to your own working vocabulary. Visit this page again and choose a different ending to do the same thing again.

Your diligent practice OUT LOUD is what's going to make all the difference in the world toward your speaking Spanish - so KEEP AFTER IT !!!


-ace becomes -acio
palace
preface
palacio
prefacio
   
-al stays -al
canal
coral
final
metal
canal
coral
final
metal
-ic/-ics becomes-ica
electronics
logic
music
physics
electrónica
lógica
música
física
-ine becomes -ina
discipline
doctrine
heroine
margarine
disciplina
doctrina
heroina
margarina
-ism becomes -ismo
communism
socialism
marxism
paganism
comunismo
socialismo
marxismo
paganismo
-ity becomes -idad
curiosity
electricity
nationality
university
curiosidad
electricidad
nacionalidad
universidad
-m/-ma becomes -ma
dogma
drama
enigma
program
dogma
drama
enigma
programa
-ology becomes -ología
archaeology
biology
psychology
urology
arqueología
biología
psicología
urología
-sion becomes -sión
aggression
depression
expression
impression
agresión
depresión
expresión
impresión
-tion becomes -ción
action
dedication
evolution
instruction
acción
dedicación
evolución
instrucción
-ure becomes-ura
agriculture
cure
figure
literature
agricultura
cura
figura
literatura
-y becomes -ía
anatomy
artillery
energy
geography
anatomía
artillería
energía
geografía