Learning a new language is not always easy at first, especially when it is not similar to your own. The only thing that will make your job easier is if there were some words that looked alike in both languages. If however, you are lucky, you might even find some words that are identical in both languages and could help you. Below is a list of cognates and perfect cognates that will make learning Spanish words a bit easier.

Perfect cognates

As you could simply guess from the word perfect, these words are the ones which are identically spelled in both languages and also mean the same thing (so no confusion here). Below are just some:

For an easier learning of the Spanish language, you can use some tricks to remember how other cognates are formed. Below are the rules:

Rule 1: English words ending in -ous usually become -oso

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Rule 2: English words ending in -al usually stay the same

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 Rule 3: English words ending in -ct usually become -cto

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Rule 4: English words ending in –ance usually become -ancia

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 Rule 5: English words ending in –ic usually become -ico

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Rule 6: English words ending in -ar usually stay the same

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 Rule 7: English words ending in -ary usually become -ario

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 Rule 8: English words ending in -ant usually become -ante

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 Rule 9: English words ending in -ble usually stay the same

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 Rule 10: English words ending in -ence usually become -encia

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 Rule 11: English words ending in -id usually become -ido

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Rule 12: English words ending in -ment usually become -mento

Here are some examples:

Knowing these tricks, Spanish just got a bit easier to learn. However, when you use them, do not forget to double check the words just to be sure that they exist.