1011 Spanish Cognates – You already know Spanish!

Cognates are words that share meaning and spelling with another language.

While English shares very few cognates with Chinese, 30 to 40% of all English words share Spanish words. (Spanish Cognates)

Not surprisingly, researchers studying first and second language acquisition have discovered that students benefit from recognizing cognates. 

For this reason, I think it is essential that you have a list that you can consult at any time of words that you already know and that you can use in the beginning to learn Spanish. 

In this article, you will find 30 rules of cognates to have a list of false cognates finally.

You won’t find an article with such a complete list of Spanish Cognates, so keep reading. :)

Spanish Cognates List

Stay with me and see a complete spanish cognates list! 

Rule “Al” 

Some words ending “al” in English may have their Spanish equivalent with the same ending.

Rule “Ant” – “Ante”

Some words that end in “ant” in English, in Spanish end in “ante”.

Rule “Ar” “Ir”

To the following words is added “ar” o “ir” and you already have the same word

Rule “Ar”

Some words ending in “ar” in English are usually the same in Spanish

Rule “Ary” – “Ario”

Some words ending “ary” in English end in “ario” in Spanish

Rule “Ate”- “Ar”

Some words that end in “ate” in English, in Spanish end in “ar”.

Rule “ble”  

Some words ending in “ble” in English also end in “ble” in Spanish

Rule “Ct”- “Cto”

Algunas palabras que terminan en “ct” en inglés, en español terminan en “cto”. 

Rule “E” – “Ar” “Ir”

Some words that end in English “e” in English, in Spanish you add “ar” or “ir”.

Rule “Ify” – “Ificar”

Some words ending in “ify” in English, in Spanish “ificar” is added to them

Rule “Ence”

Some words that end in “ence” in English, in Spanish end in “encia”.

Rule “Ic” – “Ico”

Some words that end in “ic” in English, in Spanish end in “ico”.

Rule “Id” – “Ido”

Some words that end in “id” in English, in Spanish end in “ido”

Rule “Ile” – “il” 

Some words in “ile” in English, in Spanish end in “il”.

Rule “Ism” – “ Ismo” 

Some of the words that end in “ism” in English, in Spanish end in “ismo”.

Rule “Ist”  – “Ista”

Some words end in “ist” in English, in Spanish end in “ista”.

Rule “Ive” – Ivo” 

Some words that end in “ive” in English, in Spanish end in “ivo”.

Rule “Iy” – “Mente”

Some words ending “ly” in English, in Spanish “mente”

Rule “Ment” –  “Mento”

Some words that end in “ment” in English, in Spanish end in “mento”.

Rule “Nce” – “Ncia”

Some words that end in “nce” in English, in Spanish end in “ncia”. 

Rule “Nt” – “Nte”

Some words ending in “nt” in English, in Spanish in “nte”

Rule “Or” – “Or”

Some words that end in “or” in English, in Spanish end in “or”.

Rule “Ous” – “Oso”

Some words that end in “ous” in English, in Spanish end in “oso”.

Rule “Sion” –  “Sion”

Some words that end in “sion” in English, in Spanish end in “sion”.

Rule “Tion” – “Cion”

Algunas palabras que terminan “tion” en inglés,  en español en “ción”

Rule “Ty” – “Idad”

Some words ending in “ty” in English, in Spanish in “idad”.

Rule “Tar” “Tir”

Some words ending in vowel, consonant and t, in Spanish end in “tar” “ir”.

Rule “Y” – “Ia”

Some words that end in “y” in English, in Spanish end in “ia”.

Rule “Y” – “Io” 

Some words that end in “y” in English, in Spanish end in “io”.

False cognates

Words that are similar in English and Spanish but do not mean the same thing.

Finally: 

The Spanish cognates are useful, but you have to use them in daily conversations to make it easier for you to learn them and use them day by day.

you might want to read: The most common phrases in Spanish

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