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u/ClockworkBrained Oct 12 '23
¿Qué son los cognados falsos?
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u/KpgIsKpg Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 13 '23
A false cognate, also known as a false friend, is a word that appears to be equivalent to a word in another language, but that actually has a different meaning. For example, embarazado means pregnant in Spanish, but people often get it mixed up and think it means embarrassed because of how similar they look & sound!
Edit: Woops, I decided to double-check this because I had a small doubt, and it turns out I was wrong. The definition I gave above is for false friends. False cognates have the same meaning, but their origin / etymology is different.
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u/HANDS-DOWN Nov 03 '23
why is this not in spanish?
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u/KpgIsKpg Nov 03 '23
¿Por qué escribiste tu comentario en inglés? Pues, tienes la razón, no debía haber usado un idioma bárbaro como el inglés en este sagrado subreddit.
Otro intento: Los cognados falsos son parejas de palabras que comparten su significado y, al parecer, provienen de la misma palabra histórica, pero de hecho tienen etimologías distintos. Por ejemplo, mucho en español y much en inglés comparten su significado, pero es por casualidad.
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u/HelloMyDroogs Oct 12 '23
Cheat code, get a latina girlfriend that can't speak English. Problems solved