Humorous confusions. Spanish or English learners.
Are you confused but it's funny? ¿Estás confundido pero es gracioso? (As you can tell I'm working on my Spanish.)
The more I learn the worse my vocabulary gets and I'm finding myself laughing at the stupid confusions I'm making in my head. So, I thought I'd ask everyone else to share some of the mix ups they've had learning and remembering vocabulary words. I'll start and anyone else can add theirs, too.
el huevo > el jueves
enojado > el inodoro
fuerte > la puerta
Have fun!
3 Answers
Okay, now I understand. You are talking about two Spanish words that you mixed up.
Once, I when I was first learning Spanish, I was trying to say, "I don't want to carry the camera."
The verb I thought I was using for "carry" was "cargar." What I actually said was "No quiero cagar la camera."
My husband laughed really hard and said, "No one is asking you to eat the camera." Click on "cagar" and you will understand why this is a word I will never use...but always remember.
This discussion might belong to the "false friends" or "false cognates" discussion. These are words that sound like they should mean a word that sounds like them in the other language, but it doesn't.
For example, "embarazar," means "pregnant," not "embarrassed."
If you are embarrassed and you say, "Lo siento, tan embarazo." It means, "I'm sorry, I am so pregnant."
Search on false friends and you will get discussions like this.
One more and then I'll stop.
Until I went to Spain and learned to love Jamón Iberíco with all my heart, I used to always mix up "jamón" and "jabón."
One is "ham" and the other is "soap." Since one doesn't eat soap or wash their hands with ham, mixing up these two will contribute to many people's merriment.
