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Holas , amigos y amigas grin find words that are identical in English and Spanish . Exactly the same letters . Example ....... abdomen in English and Spanish regardless of the difference in pronoun-cation... also abdominal

let us collect them all ...... comencemos

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updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by Amigooo

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Great question!

Well, let's see...No means "no" in Spanish and English. "Horrible" is also the same. "Terrible", as well. "Adorable" is the same.

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updated Jul 17, 2011
edited by SonrisaDelSol
posted by SonrisaDelSol
Adorable is great example ..... yay yay good job - Amigooo, Jul 16, 2011
Aren't horrible and terrible spelled the same in Spanish and English, though? - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 16, 2011
yes you are right :) i am wrong :) - Amigooo, Jul 16, 2011
Ok, lol, I was like, "Have I been lied to all these years?!" :) Thank you for starting this game - good idea. - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 16, 2011
cooool :) - Amigooo, Jul 16, 2011
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This list covers some words (not all) from A to E, although not all of them have the same meaning (especially because this list has been generated by a program):

abate, abdomen, abdominal, abductor, abominable, abracadabra, absconder, absorber, acacia, academia, accidental, acre, acto, actor, actual, acumen, AD, adaptable, admirable, ado, adobe, Adonis, adorable, adverbial, aero, aerobic, aerosol, aficionado, afore, Afro, agenda, agnosia, ah, airbag, ajar, al, albino, albumen, alcohol, ale, alfalfa, alias, alma, almanac, aloe, alopecia, alpaca, altar, alto, AM, ameba, amen, amino, amnesia, amok, amontillado, amoral, amortizable, an, anaconda, anal, ancestral, anchor, andante, anemia, anemone, angina, Anglo, angora, angostura, angular, animal, anorak, anorexia, ante, anterior, anti, aorta, apartheid, apical, appeal, arable, arena, argot, argue, aria, Aries, armada, armadillo, aroma, arsenal, arterial, artificial, as, asbestosis, asexual, aspidistra, astral, astro, ate, atlas, atonal, audible, audio, auditor, augur, aura, aurora, auto, autoclave, autumnal, avatar, avocado, axis,babel, baby, back, bacteria, bah, balance, ballet, balsa, banal, banana, banjo, bar, barman, barn, barracuda, barrio, base, basis, becquerel, begonia, beige, benefactor, beneficial, bestial, beta, betel, bi-, bicameral, bifocal, bikini, bilabial, bilateral, bingo, bio, biodegradable, bipolar, Biro, bisexual, bit, bitumen, blazer, bloc, blues, boa, bode, bodega, body, bolero, bon, bona, bonanza, bongo, boom, bourbon, boutique, box, bozo, braille, bran, brandy, bravo, bravura, brigadier, bright, bronco, brutal, bugle, bulimia, bulldozer, bum, bungalow, burrito, bus, byte, cabal, caber, cable, cacao, cactus, caddie, café, calendar, calibre, Calor, calvados, Camembert, cameraman, campus, can, canal, canapé, canasta, cancel, cannabis, canon, canonical, cantata, cantor, capital, captor, caramel, carcinoma, cardinal, cardio, cardiovascular, cargo, caries, carnal, carne, cartel, Casanova, casino, castor, casual, catering, causal, cave, caviar, CD, cedilla, celestial, cellar, cello, Celsius, censor, cent, centi, central, cereal, cerebral, ceremonial, cervical, cha, chalet, chance, chapel, Chartreuse, chef, cheque, chic, Chicano, chichi, chihuahua, chin, china, chinchilla, chip, chocolate, chute, cilantro, cinema, circa, circular, civil, clan, clerical, cliché, clip, cloche, clown, club, co, cobra, Coca, coda, coital, col, Cola, colitis, collage, collar, colon, colonial, color, Colorado, colón, com, coma, combo, combustible, comparable, compatible, compositor, compost, comprehensible, con, conceptual, concertina, conductor, conga, congenial, conjugal, connubial, conquistador, consensual, considerable, constable, constrictor, constructor, consular, contender, contextual, Continental, contractual, contralto, control, controversial, convertible, convoy, cope, cor, coral, cordial, cornucopia, corona, corporal, corps, corpus, corral, corruptible, cosmos, coulis, coy, coyote, crack, crepuscular, crescendo, cricket, criminal, crisis, cross, crucial, cruel, culpa, culpable, cultivable, cultural, cunnilingus, curable, Curia, curie, curio, curricular, curry, cursor, dad, dado, daiquiri, damnable, dance, dancing, data, debacle, debate, debut, debutante, decibel, decimal, decor, deducible, deductible, defender, delectable, delicatessen, delta, demo, dental, dente, deplorable, dermatitis, des, desperado, detectable, detective, detector, detente, detestable, detractor, detritus, di, diabetes, diagnosis, diagonal, dial, dictatorial, digital, dimensional, din, diorama, diploma, director, dis, disc, discernible, disco, disparate, dispensable, display, disputable, distributor, diva, divisible, divisional, divisor, do, doctor, doctoral, doctrinal, docudrama, dodo, dogma, dolmen, don, dorsal, dossier, down, drama, dual, ducal, dumping, duodenal, durable, echo, eclipse, eco, eczema, editor, editorial, ego, eh, elector, elemental, eligible, elite, elixir, embargo, emir, en, enchilada, enclave, enema, enigma, ensemble, entente, epidermis, epidural, episcopal, era, ere, ergo, errata, error, escalope, escape, escudo, especial, Esperanto, estimable, et, ETA, eternal, eureka, euro, eventual, ex, excitable, exclusive, excusable, execrable, exegesis, experimental, explicable, exportable, exterior, extra, extractor, extracurricular, extraterritorial...

Besides these identical words, you can find over 15,000 words with very close spelling, and generally identical pronunciation.

updated Jul 17, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
hombre... :D - culé, Jul 17, 2011
wow ... how did you put all of them together ? or what is the source for such research ? - Amigooo, Jul 17, 2011
I have lists of words from dictionaries, so I generated automatically a sub-list of matching words in both languages. I left all the words after E so that I did not spoil the whole game. - lazarus1907, Jul 17, 2011
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Here's a few more, incidentally:

actor animal auto base canal chocolate color conductor data director doctor error gratis hospital hotel idea ideal invisible local media monitor motel municipal piano posible principal similar social

Sorry if they are all jumbled together!
tongue rolleye

updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by cristalino
Wow! - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 16, 2011
wow coool - Amigooo, Jul 16, 2011
not possible ! it is possible in english but posible in Spanish :) missing one letter - Amigooo, Jul 16, 2011
Good catch Gooo! Did the list w/o proofing! :) - cristalino, Jul 17, 2011
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Hmmm, here's terrible:

terrible in both languages


And horrible:

horrible in both languages

updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by cristalino
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between the other thread and this one , there are around 60 words or more that are identical .... I think this is important to know for English -Spanish speaking tongues for so many reasons one reason is to use them with the precaution of knowing the right pronoun-cation but another important reason is distinguish between the inglesspano language that can be used in places populated by speaking 2 tongues like in Miami Fl .... in there for example you can hear some words and you can not really distinguish if this word is really pure english / really pure spanisg or it is mix of both smile mingled together ... cool to hear some slang words that is coming from twisting words together .... cheers to you all smile

updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by Amigooo
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This was done before

Check here

updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by ian-hill
coooool ..... gracias ian :) cheers to you :) - Amigooo, Jul 17, 2011
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great job cristalino .... you brought a lot of words to this game smile

updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by Amigooo
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Possible in English .... Posible in Spanish .... very close but not identical because it is missing one letter ...... S

updated Jul 16, 2011
posted by Amigooo
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for example there are so many words that they end with ....tion in English and similarly ends in ....cion in Spanish .... but they do not count in here in this challenge game .... we are looking for identical words ... identical letters . grin grin grin

updated Jul 16, 2011
posted by Amigooo