False friends or cognates

A brief explanation of false cognates in English and Spanish.

1. FALSE FRIENDS FALSE FRIENDS
OR OR
COGNATES?COGNATES?

2. Some words in English and Spanish
are very similar:
INJECTION
AMBULANCE

3. But it isn't always so easy...
'Doctor, I'm constipated'
'Ok, You must go to the
pharmacy and ask for
these laxatives'

4. WORD ENGLISH MEANING SPANISH MEANING
EVENTUALLY In the end/finally possibly
ARGUMENT A verbal fight The plot of a book, film or play
SENSIBLE To have good sense sensitive
ACTUALLY In fact nowadays
CONDUCTOR
A person who leads an
orchestra
The driver of a vehicle
CONTENT satisfied happy
LIBRARY
A place where you borrow
books
A place where you buy books
FALSE FRIENDS