Question

one of the most helpful strategies to use when reading in spanish is to look for cognates. a cognate is a word that looks similar and means the same thing in two or more languages. here are several examples: computer - computadora, student - estudiante, rápidamente - rapidly, cancel - cancelar, bananas - bananas, francia - france. occasionally, you will come across a word in spanish that looks like a word in english, but it does not actually share a meaning with that word. these words are called false cognates because they look like they have a connection, but the connection is not real. here are some examples of false cognates: embarazada means pregnant, librería means bookstore. the word for embarrassed is avergonzado. the word for library is biblioteca. there will be cognates in every kind of reading that you do in spanish: news articles, novels, short stories, advertisements, etc. below is a list of cognates that came from a short article about the moon. next to each word, please write down what you think that it means in english: telescopios, atmósfera, reflejado, cráteres, mueve, montañas, círculo, volcanes, completa, impactos, débil, meteoritos, formaron, temperatura, diferencia, misión, satélite, detalles. now you will have the chance to find cognates in some reading materials that your teacher gives you. write down at least 15 in this box (youll have to write small!)

Explanation:

These are Spanish - English cognates. Words that look similar in both languages and have similar meanings. For example, "telescopios" and "telescopes" are clearly related in form and meaning.

Answer:

telescopios - telescopes
atmósfera - atmosphere
refleja - reflects
formaron - formed
mueve - moves
cráteres - craters
temperatura - temperature
círculo - circle
montañas - mountains
diferencia - difference
completa - complete
volcanes - volcanoes
misión - mission
dribita - (no clear English - cognate may be misspelled, perhaps related to "dribble" but not a common cognate)
impactos - impacts
meteoritos - meteorites
satélite - satellite
detalles - details