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false cognates Diana Carolina Ortiz Chavez
What are false friends? Are pairs of words that recognize a common origin, but that evolved partly or wholly different meanings in Spanish. They are words that are spelled similar or the same but with different meanings.
AFFLUENCE
BRAVE
CARTOON/CARTON
COMPASS
DISMAY
FABRIC
INVIDIOUS
EXIT
COMICS
AVICE

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