| - Same in Spanish | by : Stew Green | |||||||
| This is my list of words which are the same or similar to English | ||||||||
| but remember to read them with Spanish pronounciation | ||||||||
| this is wriiten for my students learning English so read it the other way round list -> lista | ||||||||
| written exactly the same | no accent | |||||||
| actor | color | gas | material | area | conclusion | consul | ||
| animal | doctor | general | motor | bus | religion | melon | ||
| auto | familiar | hospital | original | |||||
| capital | personal | hotel | simple | one consonant | ||||
| central | probable | humor | terrible | antenna | intelligible | impossible | possible | |
| cereal | regular | idea | total | annual | occasion | intellectual | professional | |
| chocolate | similar | usual | commercial | official | ||||
| taxi | radio | alcohol | ||||||
| no vowel at end | f=ph | |||||||
| list | liquid | cost | restaurant | phrase | physical | telephone | ||
| map | porter | part | music | j=x | ||||
| problem | product | press | rob | execute | exercise | example | fix | |
| car | ||||||||
| end vowel changes to "e" | ia, io -> e | |||||||
| cause | practice | favorite | tube | absence | difference | distance | service | |
| figure | rose | minute | use | experience | notice | justice | guarantee | |
| medicine | state | note | style | police | commerce | silence | ||
| to move | adhesive | |||||||
| o,u -> ou | t -> th | |||||||
| hour | mountain | announce | soup | author | authority | sympathy | ||
| court | announce | sound | found | theatre | theory | |||
| course | ||||||||
| c or qu = k or ck | z ->ce | |||||||
| frank | sack | park | attack | commence | race | force | ||
| ia,ia -> y | i -> y | |||||||
| company | family | history | style | mystery | system | |||
| secretary | remedy | territory | rhythm | |||||
| other words almost the same | ||||||||
| automobile | special | question | type | cigar | school | college | university | |
| origin | bank | bicycle | to catch | towel | cocaine | heroin | marijuana | |
| cigarette | to paint | to count | train | air force | castle | fort | miltary | |
| tomato | potato | motorbike | spagetti | to constuct | to cut | centre | ||
| banana | television | hamburger | vinegar | vacation | equal | president | ||
| import | ||||||||
| pasta | folder | fax | bus | ferryboat | ||||
| Basic vocabulary you need first | ||||||||
| English | Spanish | understand | basic conversation | |||||
| hello etc | hi, how are, fine | bye | name | my | your | his | ||
| I, you, we, they | he, she, it | her | its | our | their | |||
| yes | good | no | bad | married | brothers and sisters | |||
| children | how old | |||||||
| numbers 1 | basic verbs | classroom words | personal | |||||
| help | want | learn | class | mother | happy | |||
| to be | give | start | class room | father | sad | |||
| walk | stop | teacher | brother | hot | ||||
| like | _ing | student | sister | cold | ||||
| from | drink | ed | pen | son | basketball | |||
| not | eat | was | pencil | daughter | ||||
| human | were | eraser | ||||||
| girl | go | sleep | chair | |||||
| boy | see | please | table | today | here | |||
| man | look | thankyou | book | yesterday | there | |||
| woman | watch | not | paper | tomorrow | this | |||
| men | come from | do not | white board | now | that | |||
| women | shower | sleep | folder | these | ||||
| excuse me | wash | work | speak | those | ||||
| sorry | clean | live | say | |||||
| buy | talk | |||||||
| understand | sell | make | talk to | |||||
| dog | teach | do | repeat | |||||
| cat | difficult | have got | tell me | |||||
| fruit | easy | have a | listen | |||||
| food | big | think | write | |||||
| happy | small | know | look | |||||
| sad | cheap | be quiet ! | ||||||
| husband | expensive | sorry | ||||||
| wife | read aloud | |||||||
| single | how do you say | |||||||
| married | think | |||||||
| water | fast | sit down | ||||||
| bread | quick | show me | ||||||
| milk | slow | please repeat that | ||||||
| beer | interesting | sing | ||||||
| to sort | boring | job | ||||||
| sort | ||||||||