| Spanish false friend | English false friend | Actual meaning in English | Actual meaning in Spanish |
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| abogado | avocado | abogado: lawyer, advocate, solicitor, barrister | avocado: aguacate, palta |
| actualmente | actually | actualmente: at the moment, at present, nowadays, these days | actually: de hecho, realmente, en realidad, incluso, hasta |
| advertir | advertise | advertir: to warn, to notice | advertise: anunciar, hacer publicidad |
| argumento | argument | argumento : plot, argument | argument : discusión, disputa |
| asignatura | signature | asignatura: subject | signature: firma |
| balde | bald | balde: bucket | bald: calvo |
| bizarro | bizzare | bizarro: courageous, generous | bizzare: extraño, raro |
| blanco | blank | blanco: white | blank: en blanco, vacío, virgen |
| blando | bland | blando : soft, gentle, mild | bland : soso |
| bombero | bomber | bombero: fireman, firefighter | bomber: bombardero, terrorista que coloca bombas |
| campo | camp | campo: field, pitch, country, countryside | camp: campamento, bando |
| carpeta | carpet | carpeta: folder, file | carpet: alfombra, moqueta |
| carta | cart | carta: letter, menu, card | cart: carrito, carro, carretilla |
| casualidad | casualty | casualidad: coincidence, chance | casualty: baja, herido, víctima |
| chocar | choke | chocar : to collide, to crash, to run into | choke : ahogar, asfixiar, estrangular |
| codo | code | codo: elbow | code: código, clave |
| colegio | college | colegio: school | college: universidad |
| comodidad | commodity | comodidad : comfort, convenience | commodity : producto, mercancía, artículo, materia prima |
| complemento | compliment | complemento: complement, object | compliment: piropo, cumplido, halago |
| compromiso | compromise | compromiso: commitment, engagement, obligation | compromise: término medio, solución de compromiso, acuerdo mutuo |
| concreto | concrete | concreto: specific, concrete, real | concrete: cemento |
| conductor | conductor | conductor: driver, conductive | conductor: director de orquesta, cobrador |
| constipado | constipated | constipado: to have a cold | constipated: estreñido |
| contestar | contest | contestar: to answer | contest: concurso, competición, contienda |
| cuota | quote | cuota: membership fee | quote: presupuesto, cita |
| currante | currant | currante : worker | currant : grosella |
| decepción | deception | decepción: disappointment, disenchantment | deception: engaño, falsedad |
| delito | delight | delito : offence, common offence | delight : encanto, placer, gusto, deleite, delicia |
| desgracia | disgrace | desgracia: bad luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap | disgrace : vergüenza, deshonra, deshonor, escándalo |
| desierto | dessert | desierto: desert | dessert: postre |
| despertar | desperate | despertar: to wake up, to awake, to arouse | desperate: desesperado |
| destituir | destitute | destituir : to remove from office, to dismiss | destitute: indigente, mísero, desposeído |
| disgusto | disgust | disgusto: displeasure, annoyance, anger | disgust: asco, repugnancia |
| diversión | diversion | diversión : fun, entertainment, amusement | diversion: desviación, desvío |
| divertir | divert | divertir: to have fun, to entertain, to amuse | divert: distraer, desviar |
| embarazada | embarassed | embarazada : pregnant | embarassed: avergonzado, embarazoso |
| en absoluto | absolutely | en absoluto : absolutely not | absolutely : totalmente, completamente, absolutamente |
| enviar | envy | enviar: to send | envy: envidiar, tener envidia |
| envolver | involve | envolver: to wrap | involve: involucrar, suponer, implicar, conllevar |
| espada | spade | espada: sword, spade | spade: pala |
| espectáculo | spectacles | espectáculo : show, performance, entertainment | spectacles: gafas |
| éxito | exit | éxito: success | exit: salida |
| extranjero | stranger | extranjero: foreigner | stranger: extraño, desconocido, forastero |
| fábrica | fabric | fábrica: factory, plant | fabric: tela, tejido |
| falta | fault | falta: error, lack, mistake, shortage, absence | fault: culpa |
| firma | firm | firma: signature | firm: compañía, empresa |
| ganga | gang | ganga : bargain, good buy | gang : pandilla, banda |
| gentil | gentle | gentil: kind, charming | gentle: tierno, bondadoso, dulce |
| grabar | grab | grabar: to tape, to record, to engrave | grab: agarrar, coger, pillar |
| gracioso | gracious | gracioso: funny, amusing | gracious: cortés, amable, benévolo |
| grosería | grocery | grosería : rude remark , rudeness, coarseness, rude expression | grocery: tienda de comestibles, tienda de ultramarinos |
| horno | horn | horno: oven | horn: cuerno, asta, bocina |
| idioma | idiom | idioma: language, foreign language | idiom: locución, frase hecha, modismo |
| largo | large | largo: long | large: grande, numeroso, amplio |
| lectura | lecture | lectura: reading | lecture: conferencia, clase, reprimenda, sermón |
| lentilla | lentil | lentilla: contact lens | lentil: lenteja |
| librería | library | librería: bookshop, bookstore | library: biblioteca |
| mantel | mantle | mantel : tablecloth | mantle: manto, capo |
| mayor | mayor | mayor: bigger, biggest, older, oldest | mayor: alcalde |
| media | media | media: stocking | media: medios de comunicación |
| molestar | molest | molestar: to annoy, to disturb, to bother, to upset | molest: acosar, abusar sexualmente |
| negocio | negotiation | negocio: business, deal | negotiation: negociación |
| nombre | number | nombre: name | number: número |
| noticia | notice | noticia: news | notice: anuncio, aviso |
| nudo | nude | nudo: knot | nude: desnudo |
| oficio | office | oficio: job, occupation | office: despacho, oficina |
| once | once | once: eleven | once: una vez, una vez que, en cuanto |
| pan | pan | pan: bread | pan: sartén, cazuela, cacerola |
| parada | parade | parada : stop, halt | parade : desfile, revista |
| parcela | parcel | parcela: plot of land | parcel: paquete |
| pariente | parent | pariente: relative | parent: padre, madre |
| pie | pie | pie: foot | pie: tarta, pastel |
| plaza | place | plaza: square, seat | place: lugar, sitio |
| precio | prize | precio: price | prize: premio |
| preservativo | preservative | preservativo: condom | preservative: conservante |
| presumir | presume | presumir: to show off, to boast, to be vain | presume: suponer, imaginarse |
| pretender | pretend | pretender: to try to, to want | pretend: fingir, aparentar |
| quieto | quiet | quieto: still, motionless | quiet: silencioso, callado |
| raro | rare | raro: strange, odd, weird | rare: poco común, poco frecuente, poco hecho |
| realizar | realize | realizar: to make, to fulfil, to accomplish | realize: darse cuenta, comprender |
| recordar | record | recordar: to remember, to remind | record: grabar |
| red | red | red: network | red: rojo |
| relativo | relative | relativo: related to | relative: pariente, familiar |
| remover | remove | remover: to stir | remove: quitar |
| restar | rest | restar: to subtract | rest: descansar |
| resumir | resume | resumir : to summarize | resume : reanudar |
| revolver | revolver | revolver: to turn upside down, to stir, to toss, to mix | revolver : revólver |
| ropa | rope | ropa: clothes, clothing, wear | rope: cuerda, soga |
| sano | sane | sano: healthy | sane: cuerdo, sensato |
| sauce | sauce | sauce: willow | sauce: salsa |
| simpático | sympathetic | simpático: nice, likeable, kind, friendly, charming | sympathetic: compasivo, comprensivo, favorable |
| sopa | soap | sopa: soup | soap: jabón |
| soportar | support | soportar : to put up with, bear | support: mantener, apoyar |
| suceso | success | suceso: event, happening, incident, crime | success: éxito |
| tarjeta | target | tarjeta: card | target: objetivo, blanco, diana |
| tópico | topic | tópico: stereotype, commonplace, cliché | topic: tema |
| trasladarse | translate | trasladarse: to move, to transfer | translate: traducir |
| tuna | tuna | tuna: university students musical group | tuna: atún, bonito |
| últimamente | ultimately | últimamente: lately, recently | ultimately: finalmente, en el fondo |
| vaso | vase | vaso: glass | vase: florero, jarrón |
