Game: One letter changes all !
This is a bit of an exercise in vocabulary both English and Spanish.
Some words are often misspelled and have a completely different meaning.
Let's take these:
through - trough (a trevés - abrevadero).
lie - lye (mentira - lejía).
I would like you to write a pair of English or Spanish words that are almost identical except for one letter. Next to it please write the most common Spanish/English meaning.
I'm looking for examples like the above, where the words can be easily confused. Pairs like "train - rain" are not as much fun.
If you can think of Spanish words that work the same way, by all means go ahead and write the Spanish pair, with the English meaning next to them!
Only O N E pair in each post , thanks
333 Answers
in- en
inn- posada, taberna
He stayed in the inn.
Él se quedó en la posada.
Devorar - to devour
Demorar - to delay
Las hormigas devoran los álamos de adentro, que demoran las señales que el árbol está muriendo.
The ants are eating the poplar tree from the inside, that delays the signs that the tree is dying.
See-ver, other
Sea- mar
Ad- anuncio, publicidad
Add- añadir, agregar
Le decidió añadir a su anuncio que se puede ver el mar desde el apartamento.
He decided to add to his ad that you could see the sea from the apartment.
even Aún, Todavía / plano, Liso / Ní siguiera
Seven Siete
Even seven even fields were not enogh to sustain seven villages built on even ground.
Todavía siete campos plano ní siquiera basante para sostenar siete pueblos construido en tierra plano,
Add- agregar, añadir
Ad- anuncio
Necesitamos añadir un anuncio o dos a la publicación.
We need to add an ad or two to the publication.
grulla. Crane (bird/ave)
grúa. Crane (machine)
Bonus -. grullo. Grey horse
Estiró el cuello para ver la grulla pero su vista fue obstruida por Una grúa.
He craned his neck to see the crane but his view was obstructed by a crane.
contesto: to answer (first person )
contexto: context.
Siempre contesto preguntas con la frase "Contexto , por favor"
I always answer questions with the sentence: "Context , please."
Errar- err, others
Herrar- shoe (horse)
El señor Ed dijo "(h)errar es humano".
Mr. Ed said "to err(shoe) is human(humane)"
a vent - una ventilación, un respiradero; desahogar
event - el acontecimiento, el evento
La evacuación del edificio del capitolio del estado de Oregon fue un evento real causado por un incendio en un respiradero de la una secadora atascada. sin limpiar.
The evacuation of the Oregon state capitol building was a real event caused by a fire in a vent for a dryer that wasn't cleaned.
choral - coral
coral - el coral
Llevaba su vestido de color coral al concierto coral.
She wore her coral-colored dress to the choral concert.
Creía que podría poner mucho vino en su barril.
He figured he could put a ton of wine in his tun.
Durante aquel mes, bebió mucho vino.
During that month he drank a ton/tun of wine.
Denture La prórtesis dental / La dentura postias
Venture La empresa / la operación / la aventura / arriesgarse
He ventured down the busy highway to see his dendist, to check whether his dentures would fit.
Se arriesgar por la carretera ocupado para visitar su dentist par ver si prótesis dental cabría.
Se arriesgó tomar la carretera con mucho tráfico para ver a su dentista, a ver si su prótesis encajaba bien.
saver - ahorrador
savor - saborear
La ahorradora de cupónes a menudo pausó para saborear su comida con descuento.
The coupon saver often paused to savor her discounted meal.
azar noun - fate
azahar. -. Orange blossom
no es (un) por azar que fue a Sevilla en marzo cuando el aire estaba lleno de olor a azahar
It isn't by chance that she went to Sevilla in March when the air was full of the fragrance of orange blossom
(ojo - oso) eye - bear
