Spanish Cognates and False Friends Quiz

1. Hotel is a Spanish–English cognate in the lesson.

True False

2. Hospital is presented as a true cognate.

True False

3. Importante can be used as a clue for the English meaning “important.”

True False

4. Every Spanish word that looks similar to English must have the same meaning.

True False

5. Embarazada means “embarrassed.”

True False

6. Embarazada means “pregnant.”

True False

7. Éxito means “success.”

True False

8. Éxito is the Spanish word for an exit sign.

True False

9. Salida means “exit.”

True False

10. Actualmente means “currently / at present.”

True False

11. Actualmente means exactly the same as English “actually.”

True False

12. Asistir commonly means “to attend” in the basic use taught in the lesson.

True False

13. Carpeta means “carpet.”

True False

14. Librería means “bookstore.”

True False

15. Biblioteca means “library.”

True False

16. The lesson recommends using familiar-looking words as clues and then checking whether the surrounding sentence supports the guessed meaning.

True False

17. A Spanish cognate should automatically be pronounced with the English sound pattern.

True False