Spanish False Cognates

Give the actual English definition of these Spanish words.

Do NOT use articles when translating the nouns

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Nouns
la advertencia	warning
la arena	sand
el campo	countryside
la carta	letter
el colegio	high school
el compromiso	commitment
el conductor	driver
la decepción	disappointment
el éxito	success
la fábrica	factory
la falta	absence, shortage, lack
el idioma	language
la jubilación	retirement
la librería	bookstore
el nombre	name
la noticia	news
once	eleven
el pan	bread
la papa	potato
el pariente	(close) relative
la receta	recipe, prescription
la ropa	clothing
la sopa	soup
el vaso	glass

Adjectives & Adverbs
actual	current
blanco	white
educado	polite
embarazada	pregnant
emocionado	excited
largo	long
gracioso	funny
mayor	older
real	royal
sano	healthy
sensible	sensitive
sobre	on, above, over

Verbs
asistir	to attend
contestar	to answer
despertar	to wake up
molestar	to annoy
quitar	to take away, to get rid of
recordar	to remember

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14 Comments

Level 73

Feb 9, 2024

Thanks for all the suggestions/feedback. I don't really speak Spanish. I only have some very basic knowledge and based the quiz off of the source linked at the top. It looks like the source page has been changed some since I made this quiz, although its content seems to mostly be the same. I'm reluctant to make changes that will reset the stats, although it seems like I probably will need to do so, as a few of the words on here aren't necessarily false cognates. I'll revisit this in the next few weeks when I get the chance.

Level 45

May 19, 2021

Hola, bueno trabajo pero creo que “el campo” quiere decir “field” o “pitch” también. Por ejemplo, “el campo de fútbol” es “football pitch” no es “football countryside”.

Gracias :)

Level 73

May 19, 2021

I've added these suggestions, thanks for pointing this out.

Level 75

May 19, 2021

Nice job.

Some observations: college and school for "el colegio" and fault and foul for "la falta" should definitely work, they're correct

Level 42

May 25, 2021

Please can you accept "bookshop" for bookstore? Thank you

Level 85

Aug 11, 2021

Great quiz - suggestions:

molestar = bother, disturb

Level 55

Oct 15, 2022

also consider "to make fun of"

Level 93

Feb 8, 2024

La carta can also mean menú

Level 67

Feb 8, 2024

Mayor: biggest etc; carta: menu; educado: brought up

Level 78

Feb 8, 2024

Yeah, mayor doesn't just mean older. Also, maybe "family member" wouldn't be a bad type-in for pariente and maybe "mannered/well-mannered" or something for educado.

Level 79

Feb 8, 2024

sobre is a preposition, not an adjective or adverb

Level 54

Feb 8, 2024

I don't think "real" should be here, it also means real both as "existing in reality" and as "not fake" in Spanish.

Level 46

Feb 14, 2024

Please accept menu for la carta.

Level 55

May 28, 2025

These are false friends, not false cognates.