17/08/2021

INTRODUCTION
ENGLISH-SPANISH COGNATES: ACCORDING TO GRAMMATICAL RULES
RELATED TO THE WORD ENDING
Cognates are a great way to learn english and spanish. cognates are words in
spanish and English that share the same latín and/ or greek root, are very similar in
spelling and have the same meaning in english. This similarity provides a built- in
vocabulary base that transfers over when learning spanish vocabulary. In a technical
sense, two words that have a common origin are cognates. most often,cognates are
words in two lenguages that have a common etymology and thus are similar or
identical.
Simply identifying the cognates that transfer from english to spanish gives you the
only applicable to the specific word from(i,e,verb,noun, adjective,etc) indicated in the
description of the rule.

There are many more words-too numerous to list in this document. We encourage
you too add to this document as you find cognates that follow a particular rule.
Have fun learning more and more english/ spanish words day by day!
1. Regla: Palabras en Inglés que terminan en “al” suelen ser idénticas a
su equivalente en español.
Inglés Español
abdominal abdominal
abnormal anormal
abysmal abismal
accidental accidental
actual actual
additional adicional
casual casual

2. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ant” en español terminan

en “ante”.
Inglés Español
abudant abudante
distant distante
elegant elegante
important importante
Instant instante
vacant vacante

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3. Regla: A las siguientes palabras en inglés, en español se les añade “ar”
o “ir”
Inglés Español
abandon adandonar
adapt adaptar
adjust ajustar
admit admitir
adopt adoptar
affect afectar
affirm afirmar

4. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ar” suelen ser las mismas
en inglés y en español.
Inglés Español
altar altar
angular angular
circular circular
familiar familiar
lunar lunar
muscular muscular
particular particular

5. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ary” ene spañol terminan

en “arlo”.
Inglés Español
acutuary actuario
calvary calvario
canary canario
diary diario
estuary estuario
extraordinary extraordinario
glossary glosario

6. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ate”, en español terminan

en “ar”
Inglés Español
abbreviate abreviar
addicate abdicar
accelerate acelerar
accentuate acentuar
activate activar
administrate administrar
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 agregate agregar

7. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ble” en español también

terminan en “ble”.
Inglés Español
abominable abominable
adjustable ajustable
admirable admirable
adorable adorable
cable cable

8. Relga: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ct” en español también

terminan en “cto”.
Inglés Español
act acto
conflict conflicto
contact contacto
contract contrato
correct correcto
defect defecto
derelict derelicto

9. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “e” en español se quita la “e”

y se añade “ar” o “ir” (para algunos verbos infinitivos)
Inglés Español
accuse acusar
acquire adquirir
admire admirar
adore adorar
analyze analizar
announce anunciar
assume asumir

10. Regla: Palabras en inglés que terminan en “ify”, en español, quitar “ify”
y añadir “ificar” (en algunos verbos infinitivos).
Inglés Español
certify certificar
clarify clarificar
classify clasificar
codify codificar
crucify crucificar

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 dignify dignificar
falsify falsificar

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
 Modern English has been spreading around the word since 17th century by the
worldwide influence of the British Empire and the United States. Trought all types
of printed and electronic media of these countries. english has become the
loading lenguage of international discourse and the lingue franca in many regions
and professional contexts such and science,navigation and law. Modern English
grammar is the result of a gradual change from a typical Indio-Europan
dependent-marking pattern,with a rich inflectional morphology and relatively free
word order, to a mostly analytic pattern with little inflection, a fairly fixod subject-
verb- object word order and a complex syntax. Modern English relies more on
auxiliary verbs and Word order for the expression of complex tenses, aspect and
mood, as well as passive constructions, interrogatives and some negation.

 English is the most spoken language in the world and the third-most spoken
native language in the world, after Standard Chinese and Spanish. it is the most
widely learned second language and is either the official language or one of
official languages in almost 60 sobereign states. there are more people who
have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers. As
of 2005,it was estimated that there were over 2 billion speakers of English.
English is the majority native language in the United States, the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia, New Zeeland and Ireland, an official language and the main
language of Singapore and it is widely spoken in some areas of the Carribbean,
Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a co-official language of the
United Nations, the Europan Union and many other world and regional
internarional organizations.it is the most widely spoken Germanic
language,accouting for a loast 70% of speakers of this Indo-European branch
English speakers are called “Anglophones”. There is much variability among the
many accents and dialects of English used in diferent countries and regions in
terms of phonetics and phonology and sometimes also vocabulary,idioms,
grammar and spelling ,but its does not typically prevent understanding by
speakers of other dialects and accents,although mutual unintelligibility can occur
at extreme ends of dialect continuum.