A2 Spanish False Friends
Contestar, Éxito: 2 Spanish False Friends
contestar · éxito
1:17 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
Two Spanish false friends, contestar (to answer, not to contest) and éxito (success, not exit), each shown in an everyday scene with the real word for the English look-alike.
How to practise
- Guess what each word means before the answer shows: it does NOT mean what it looks like.
- Repeat the example out loud in the Your turn pause, then learn the word that really means the English one.
- Take the which-one-fits check at the end, and comment another false friend you know.
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| contestar | to answer, to reply | |
| impugnar | to contest | |
| el éxito | success | |
| la salida | exit |
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