True Cognates: words to learn easily

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True Cognates: words to learn easily

Cognates are words that share the same grammatical root in two languages. These words not only share grammatical roots but have also almost the same meaning.

In Spanish, they are called cognados.

Let’s see some examples.

English	Spanish
Intelligence	Inteligencia
Introduction	Introducción
Motivation	Motivación
Hospital	Hospital
Radio	Radio
Nation	Nación

Among cognates, there are also those called perfect cognates.

These words match perfectly their spelling in Spanish and English but differ in pronunciation.

English	Spanish
Actor	Actor
Animal	Animal
Control	Control
Doctor	Doctor