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Game: Miss a letter and you could be saying a totally different word in Spanish!

Game: Miss a letter and you could be saying a totally different word in Spanish!

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Okay, so yesterday (that's now 12/06/12), while I worked on translating, I came across a word that sparked an idea: pesado (heavy). I have also seen pescado (fish) and pecado (sin). At this point I decided it was BREAK TIME! And I scanned a little more of the "P" section of my Spanish dictionary to find other words that were only a letter difference.

What really intrigued me was the idea to make a sentence out of it. This makes it a GAME.

Rules: Find 2 or 3 words that are very close to each other, missing a letter, or having a different letter in the same place.

Then make a sentence (or 2) combining the words that would make some sense, in Spanish and English.

Include pictures to help define your sentence.

Everybody help everybody out with corrections!

Have fun!

Example:

Pescado Pesado Pecado

El pescado puede estar pesado como el pecado. Fish can be heavy as sin.

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updated Oct 11, 2013
edited by SaigeSmith
posted by SaigeSmith
Great game. Just a minor correction, in your sentence "be" works as "ser", not "estar". Also remember to use articles! El pescado/el pecado. - Hokuten, Dec 7, 2012
Love this game! - francobollo, Dec 7, 2012
I would add that your sentences need to be in Spanish and English. - rac1, Dec 7, 2012
Super idea!!! I like it!!! :) - PumpkinCalabaza, Dec 7, 2012
Good game Saige...I am constantly getting works like this mixed up! Great practice. - 0095ca4c, Dec 7, 2012
Thank you so much, Hokuten! - SaigeSmith, Dec 7, 2012
Thanks rac1. - SaigeSmith, Dec 7, 2012
I know what you mean, Margherite, I've been making these kinds of mistakes. - SaigeSmith, Dec 7, 2012