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  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Honour - honor
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    ABRAZAR - ABRASAR

    This is a mistake that might be dangerous. Abrazar means “to hug”. Abrasar means “to burn”. So, you should never write “¿Me abrasas?”, because you might be asking for something you don’t really want. Of course, if you make this mistake people will probably know what you actually meant.
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    COSER VS COCER
    Coser is “to sew”. Cocer is “to boil”.
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Idle - idol
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Imminent - eminent
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Gamble - gambol
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    SE - SÉ
    Se is a third person pronoun.
    * Se bañó. (He/She took a shower.)
    * Se bañaron. (They took a shower.)
    * El juguete se rompió. (The toy broke.)
    Sé means I know. For example: “Sé lo que hiciste.” (I know what you did.)
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    HAY - AY
    Hay means “there is” or “there are”. Ay is an interjection. For example:
    * Hay pastel. (There’s cake.)
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Judith do you speak Spanish? You are very adept at giving us examples of what each word means.

    Nine - Nein (German for "no")
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    Thank you Linda, to answer your question; no I don’t speak Spanish; my daughter took Spanish in School and did very well with the language. I was looking for more Homophones to share on this thread and found a whole section on Spanish so I thought it would be interesting sharing what I am learning. Perhaps there will be more Homophone Languages to share in the future! 😊
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    I took French in high school and German in college but I am not fluent in either of them.

    In - inn
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    SIERVO - CIERVO

    Siervo is a “servant”, especially referring to the ones from the feudalism era. It’s also usually used to refer to a strong follower of God.

    Ciervo means deer.
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    ASIA - HACIA

    Asia is the continent of Asia
    HACIA means “towards”.
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Rumor - rumour
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    CASA - CAZA
    Casa means “house”.

    Caza is “hunting”. It is also the third person singular of the present of the verb, “to hunt”. It’s also what people call the animals that they hunt.
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    rough - ruff
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Spyder - spider
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member
    SABIA - SAVIA

    Sabia is the feminine of “wise”.

    Savia is a liquid inside the flowers that helps with their nutrition.
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 8,579 Member

    VAYA - VALLA - BAYA

    Yes, these are three confusing words!

    Vaya is the subjunctive form of the present tense of the verb, “to go”. It can also be used as an interjection.

    Valla is a “fence”.

    Baya means “berry”.

    For example:

    * Vaya al museo. (Go to the museum.)

    * ¡Vaya! El mago me engañó. (Wow! The magician tricked me.)

    * El caballo saltó la valla. (The horse jumped the fence.)

    * La baya está ácida. (The berry is sour.)
  • Healthyme7410
    Healthyme7410 Posts: 10,525 Member
    Splendour - splendor

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