False Friends – English-Spanish Vocabulary Quiz
Falsos amigos – Vocabulario inglés-español
False friends (falsos amigos) look like an English word but mean something different. Each English entry shows the Spanish word not to use in parentheses, and the next entry usually shows what that Spanish word really means. Practice 63 pairs in both directions (English ⇄ Spanish) with the full quiz or mini-quizzes of 10.
The ten that cause the most trouble
- embarazada = pregnant · embarrassed = avergonzado, apenado
- actualmente = currently · actually = en realidad
- éxito = success · exit = salida
- librería = bookstore · library = biblioteca
- asistir = to attend · to assist = ayudar
- realizar = to carry out · to realize = darse cuenta
- sensible = sensitive · sensible = sensato
- parientes = relatives · parents = padres
- recordar = to remember · to record = grabar
- sopa = soup · soap = jabón
First time? Read the instructions
| # | English | Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | embarrassed (NOT embarazada) | avergonzado, apenado |
| 2 | pregnant | embarazada |
| 3 | actually, in fact (NOT actualmente) | en realidad, de hecho |
| 4 | currently, nowadays | actualmente |
| 5 | success (NOT suceso) | éxito |
| 6 | event, incident | suceso |
| 7 | exit (NOT éxito) | salida |
| 8 | to attend a class (NOT atender) | asistir a |
| 9 | to look after, to serve customers | atender |
| 10 | to realize (NOT realizar) | darse cuenta de |
| 11 | to carry out, to accomplish | realizar |
| 12 | sensible, reasonable (NOT sensible) | sensato |
| 13 | sensitive | sensible |
| 14 | constipated (NOT constipado) | estreñido |
| 15 | library (NOT librería) | biblioteca |
| 16 | bookstore | librería |
| 17 | carpet (NOT carpeta) | alfombra |
| 18 | folder | carpeta |
| 19 | fabric (NOT fábrica) | tela |
| 20 | factory | fábrica |
| 21 | to introduce a person (NOT introducir) | presentar |
| 22 | to insert | introducir |
| 23 | large, big (NOT largo) | grande |
| 24 | long | largo |
| 25 | lecture (NOT lectura) | conferencia |
| 26 | reading | lectura |
| 27 | to support someone (NOT soportar) | apoyar |
| 28 | to put up with, to bear | soportar |
| 29 | argument, quarrel (NOT argumento) | discusión |
| 30 | plot of a story, line of reasoning | argumento |
| 31 | parents (NOT parientes) | padres |
| 32 | relatives | parientes |
| 33 | to record (NOT recordar) | grabar |
| 34 | to remember | recordar |
| 35 | excited (NOT excitado) | emocionado |
| 36 | contest (NOT contestar) | concurso |
| 37 | to answer | contestar |
| 38 | disgust (NOT disgusto) | asco |
| 39 | annoyance, upset | disgusto |
| 40 | soap (NOT sopa) | jabón |
| 41 | soup | sopa |
| 42 | rope (NOT ropa) | cuerda |
| 43 | clothes | ropa |
| 44 | net (NOT red) | red |
| 45 | red | rojo |
| 46 | once (NOT once) | una vez |
| 47 | eleven | once |
| 48 | pie (NOT pie) | pay |
| 49 | foot | pie |
| 50 | rude, impolite (NOT rudo) | grosero |
| 51 | rough, tough | rudo |
| 52 | to assist, to help (NOT asistir) | ayudar |
| 53 | to advertise (NOT advertir) | anunciar |
| 54 | to warn | advertir |
| 55 | college, university (NOT colegio) | universidad |
| 56 | private school | colegio |
| 57 | question (NOT cuestión) | pregunta |
| 58 | issue, matter | cuestión |
| 59 | topic (NOT tópico) | tema |
| 60 | to pretend (NOT pretender) | fingir |
| 61 | to intend, to aim to | pretender |
| 62 | sympathetic (NOT simpático) | compasivo |
| 63 | nice, likeable | simpático |
Frequently asked questions
- How do you say “pregnant” in Spanish?
- “pregnant” in Spanish is “embarazada”.
- How do you say “sensitive” in Spanish?
- “sensitive” in Spanish is “sensible”.
- How do you say “bookstore” in Spanish?
- “bookstore” in Spanish is “librería”.
- How many words are in this quiz?
- This quiz has 63 English–Spanish word pairs, with two-way practice (English → Spanish and Spanish → English) and mini-quizzes.