Cognate examples
Can I get some cognate examples from people? I need to know a bunch for a game we are playing in class. Basic ones work, but harder ones are better. Thanks! I´ll put some that I know:
- Frontera- Border (frontier)
- Delicioso- Delicious
- Perfecto- Perfect
- Ambulancia- Ambulance
- Romántico- Romantic
- Elegante- Elegant
- Imposible- Impossible
- Rápido- Quick (rapid)
- Estúpido- Stupid
- Momento- Moment
- Chocolate- Chocolate
- Accíon- Action
- Vocabulario- Vocabularu
2 Answers
Cognates are similar words that come from the same root and end up similar- they do not sound the same as English is not pronounced the same as Spanish. Even "no" sounds a bit different between the two. There are many sources that list these, here is a an example:
http://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/spanish-cognates
From it perfect cognates (differ in no more than a accent):
Actor Actor Admirable Admirable Agenda Agenda Alcohol Alcohol Altar Altar Animal Animal Area Area Artificial Artificial Auto Auto Balance Balance Bar Bar Base Base Bridge Bridge Brutal Brutal Cable Cable Café Cafe Canal Canal Cáncer Cancer Canon Canon Capital Capital Carbon Carbon Cartón Carton Central Central Cerebral Cerebral Cheque Cheque Chocolate Chocolate Circular Circular Civil Civil Club Club Collar Collar Colonial Colonial Coma Coma Combustión Combustion Conclusión Conclusion Conductor Conductor Confusión Confusion Considerable Considerable Control Control Cordial Cordial Criminal Criminal Crisis Crisis Cultural Cultural Debate Debate Decision Decision Diagonal Diagonal Dimension Dimension Director Director Disco Disco División Division Doctor Doctor Drama Drama Editorial Editorial Electoral Electoral Elemental Elemental Enigma Enigma Error Error Exclusive Exclusive Excursion Excursion Experimental Experimental Explosión Explosion Expulsion Expulsion Extensión Extension Exterior Exterior Factor Factor Familiar Familiar Fatal Fatal Federal Federal Festival Festival Final Final Flexible Flexible Formal Formal Formula Formula Frontal Frontal Fundamental Fundamental Gala Gala Gas Gas Gene Gene General General Génesis Genesis Global Global Grave Grave Habitual Habitual Hobby Hobby Horizontal Horizontal Horror Horror Hospital Hospital Hotel Hotel Idea Idea Ideal Ideal Imperial Imperial Implacable Implacable Incursión Incursion Individual Individual Industrial Industrial Inevitable Inevitable Inferior Inferior Informal Informal Informative Informative Inseparable Inseparable Inspector Inspector Interminable Interminable Invasión Invasion Invisible Invisible Irregular Irregular Judicial Judicial Kilo Kilo Lateral Lateral Legal Legal Liberal Liberal Literal Literal Local Local Macho Macho Maestro Maestro Mango Mango Manía Mania Manual Manual Marginal Marginal Mate Mate Material Material Matrimonial Matrimonial Medieval Medieval Mediocre Mediocre Melon Melon Mental Mental Menú Menu Metal Metal Miserable Miserable Moral Moral Mortal Mortal Motel Motel Motor Motor Múltiple Multiple Municipal Municipal Musical Musical Natural Natural Noble Noble Normal Normal Nostalgia Nostalgia Ópera Ópera Oral Oral Oriental Oriental Original Original Panorama Panorama Particular Particular Pasta Pasta Pastor Pastor Patio Patio Patrón Patron Peculiar Peculiar Penal Penal Perfume Perfume Personal Personal Peseta Peseta Piano Piano Plural Plural Popular Popular Pretension Pretension Principal Principal Probable Probable Propaganda Propaganda Protector Protector Provincial Provincial Radical Radical Radio Radio Región Region Regional Regional Regular Regular Religion Religion Reunión Reunion Revision Revision Ritual Ritual Rural Rural Secular Secular Sentimental Sentimental Serial Serial Sexual Sexual Similar Similar Simple Simple Singular Singular Social Social Solar Solar Solo Solo Subversión Subversion Superficial Superficial Superior Superior Taxi Taxi Televisión Television Terrible Terrible Terror Terror Total Total Transcendental Transcendental Triple Triple Tropical Tropical Unión Unión Universal Universal Usual Usual Verbal Verbal Versión Version Vertical Vertical Violín Violin Visible Visible Visual Visual Vital Vital Vulgar Vulgar Vulnerable Vulnerable
As well as Bosque's list of exact cognates here's a couple of lists that include standard ones. I'll just provide the links as they are big - the second one contains about 1000 cognates 
I think the second list is particularly useful from an educational standpoint because (due to the inherent nature of word endings in each language) it groups the words into similar types (adjectives, adverbs etc.) and also shows how regular the difference between English and Spanish cognates can be. If a student can memorise these few small changes then 1000+ words in the other language become instantly available.
