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Amigos Falsos

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While linguists call these false cognates, false friends refer to words that sound like English words but have different meanings in Spanish.

It's important to learn these well, because using them incorrectly can be embarrassing.

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largo

tall lengthy long

molestar

to disrupt to disturb to molest to annoy to bother

pretender

to attempt to try to strive for to seek

realizar

to fulfill to realize

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