Thread: translation

Originally Posted by glow

if a guy said embarasadaa that means embarassed or pregnant in spanish?
I know embaraZada is pregnant but if spelled with an S, is it just spanglish for embarassed or would they mean just pregnant?

embarazada = pregnant
apenada(o) = embarassed


Many words seem to be the same in Spanish and English, for example "actually" and "actualmente" but the meaning is different.

actually = in fact
actualmente = nowadays

These words are known in Spanish and Enlgish as: "falsos amigos" "false friends" or "falsos cognados" "false cognates". In French they are "Les belles infidèles"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend

sorry but "cognates" is not cuñados... its "cognados"

Originally Posted by npmiller

sorry but "cognates" is not cuñados... its "cognados"

It was a 'horseplay'
Only a stupid 'horseplay'

Originally Posted by glow

if a guy said embarasadaa that means embarassed or pregnant in spanish?
I know embaraZada is pregnant but if spelled with an S, is it just spanglish for embarassed or would they mean just pregnant?

The spelling is "embarasada" or preñada.

Originally Posted by cuchito_cuchito

These words are known in Spanish and Enlgish as: "falsos amigos" "false friends" or "falsos cuñados" "false cognates". In French they are "Les belles infidèles"

It is "Falsos cognados"

Originally Posted by Rosmaira Araujo

It is "Falsos cognados"

It was a 'horseplay'
Only a stupid 'horseplay'

The spelling is "embarasada" or preñada.

Embarazada
"preñada", ¿no es para referirse a los animales?