Game: Homonyms -- Same word, different meanings
No wonder learning a language is confusing!!
We have so many words that have different meaning, which is to say, context is everything!
Here we have a game of homonyms.
A homonym is, a word that has the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings.
Please feel free to post a word in English or Spanish or both!
My example:
B A T
You can........
-Swing a baseball bat (sports)
-Bat your eyelashes (flutter or blink)
-See a vampire bat (winged animal)
-Bat at imaginary images (swat away)
-Bat an idea around (go back and forth)
-Go right off the bat (do something without hesitation)
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L I G H T
You can.......
-Light a match (fire)
-Paint a picture with light green paint (color)
-Lift something light (weight)
-Turn on the light (lamp or light bulb)
-Make light of a situation (lessen the seriousness)
Hide - to keep out of sight
Hide - animal skin
Bark - sound made by dogs
Bark - outer sheath of a tree/plant
Left - opposite of right
Left - past tense of leave
Order - arrangement of things
Order - a command
Trip - to fall
Trip - to go somewhere
Bear - big mammal
Bear - to tolerate
"Andar"
One of the top Homonyms in Spanish
Andaba a mi trabajo todos los días.). (I walk to my job everyday.)
El reloj no anda
(the clock has stopped)
Las cosas andan mal (things are going badly)
¿Cómo andas? (how are you doing)?
and many others ...
Andar
To walk, to come, or to move along To work, to go, to travel To act, to behave, to transact To elapse To wear, to carry To be
R U N
You can......
Run as an activity (excercize)
Have a run in your stockings (an area where they are tearing)
Be on a run (have done multiple things consecutively)
Run water (let it flow)
Run fingers through hair (move through)
Run a town (be in charge)
Have a car run (engine going)
Run down (broken)
Run out of something (not have any left)
Run into somebody (see someone / crash into someone)
Run up a bill ( acquire a large bill)
Run amuck (be out of control)
Incense
Aromatic material that is burned
To make angry
Homage or adulation, flattering or fawning attention
Mail . To send mail .
Mail. Chain mail . As used in jousting.
"Game " Play the "game"
"Game" A game bird = Pheasant, Grouse, Partridge ,
- flag - the British flag is red white and blue
- flag - Flag down that taxi (wave to a taxi driver to request the taxi)
Brillante , -- El sol es brillante.
Brillante,- Un brillante cirujano .
Bright ,-
A bright star.
She is not very bright .
Bright sunshine.
Bright coloured socks.
Does a word with the same spelling but different pronunciation count?
Live - Where do you live?
Live - The game will be shown live on tv.
Here is another for the list:
stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person)
The latter isn't recommended though?!
Since I have a minute or two more and I've not been on the site in a few days...I wanted to post one more...
mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal)
I think in English, get is one of the hardest to figure out:
You go to get your purse. You go to get an award. You get a joke. What do you not get? Where did you get that? Are you going to get the arrival time? etc...
W A K E
Wake me up when you get home.
The boat made a huge wake on the way by.
I will attend his wake before his funeral.
In the wake of the war, many were left emotionally injured.
Charge
- Charge for goods or services
- Charge like a bull
- Charge a battery
- Charge with a crime
- Be in charge
- Explosive charge
