miércoles, 8 de julio de 2015

False friends (I): English-Spanish


False friends are words in a language, which are very similar to other words in another language, but actually have a different meaning. Today I show you some of these words in English that have a false friends in Spanish. It is very important to consider these words before translating, because if we translate the false friend, we would change the meaning of the text.  

Palabra original (inglés)
Original word (english)
Traducción correcta (español)
Correct translation (spanish)
Falso amigo (español)
False friend (spanish)

Actually


Realmente

Actualmente

Constipated


Estreñido

Constipado

Embarrassed


Avergonzado


Embarazada

Eventually


Finalmente

Eventualmente

Sensible

Sensato


Sensible

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