My favourite list of false friends

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Hello people,

Today I'm going to show you my favourite list of false friends. It's not that I don't have many real friends, hehe. As you know, false friends are words that are similar to other words in one language, but the meanings are different, in other words, terms that have a very different meaning than expected but a similar form in another language. Most languages have false friends and they are words that we must carefully study if we do not want to be misunderstood. Today I will be presenting the selection of my favourite false friends in English (in contrast with Spanish) :

WORD	MEANING	SENTENCE	HOW DO YOU SAY…?
assist	help	I need some assistance. Can you help me ?	‘asistir’ in English is ‘attend’ (‘go to’)
attend	go to	I can’t attend lessons today. I’m busy.	‘atender’ in English is ‘assist’ (shop-assistant)
embarrassed	ashamed	She felt embarrassed after falling down in front of the whole class.	‘embarazada’ in English is ‘pregnant, with child’.
success	triumph, victory	He gained his success because of his hard work.	‘suceso’ in English is ‘event’ (‘news’)
succeed	get success, triumph	You need a lot of effort to succeed in life.	‘suceder’ in English is ‘happen’
exit	way out	I can’t find the emergency exit.	‘éxito’ in English is ‘success.’
fabric	textile fibre	This jacket is made with high-quality fabric.	‘fábrica’ in English is ‘factory’
carpet	rug, tapestry	I wasn’t careful and I accidentally spilt the milk on the carpet.	‘carpeta’ in English is ‘folder’
actual	real	We want to know the actual cost of the repairs. If not, we won’t pay for it.	‘actual’ in English is ‘current’
rope	piece of string to tie things up	In the past, people were hanged. Yes, they used rope to hang people.	‘ropa’ in English is ‘clothes.’
casualty	death	When we are at war, there are a lot of casualties.	‘casualidad’ in English is ‘coincidence’, ‘chance’
college	university	In the US, teenagers become independent the moment they go to college.	‘colegio’ in English is ‘school.’
constipation	The opposite of diarrhoea	Eating vegetables is the best thing to prevent constipation.	‘constipado’ in English is ‘cold.’
pretend	fake, feign	Don’t pretend that everything is OK ! You’ve got real problems.	‘pretender’ in English is ‘intend.’
intend	have the intention of	I intend to become a doctor. I’ll do whatever it takes.	‘entender’ in English is ‘understand’ or ‘comprehend.’
lecture	chat or talk about a topic	My favourite professor is giving a lecture today. I’m so excited !	‘lectura’ in English is reading.
professor	university teacher (highest degree)	He is not just a simple teacher. He is one of the best professors. His research on genetics is amazing.	‘profesor’ in English is ‘teacher’
library	the place where students study.	You can borrow this book from the library.	‘librería’ in English is ‘bookshop’ or ‘book store’.
support	encourage someone, stand by someone	We have to support him. He’s been through a lot. He needs us.	‘soportar’ in English is ‘stand’, ‘put up with’, ‘tolerate’.
sensible	thoughtful, considerate, realistic	John is good at making decisions. He is quite sensible.	‘sensible’ in English is ‘sensitive’.
sensitive	emotional, sympathetic, someone easily affected by other people’s feelings.	She is quite a sensitive girl. She always cries when she sees other people suffer.	‘sensato’ in English is ‘sensible.’
sympathy, sympathetic	sensibility, empathic	Joe has always been so sympathetic. He understands how other people feel. His sympathy is amazing !	‘simpatía’ in English is friendliness. ‘Simpático’ in English is ‘nice’ or ‘friendly.’
large	big	I’ve got a really large family : twelve brothers !	‘largo’ in English is ‘long’

So, how do you like false friends ? As you know they are extremely important not to cause misunderstanding. False friends will haunt you during your language-learning process, so you'd better start learning them. Next week I'll be writing another post related to false friends, only this time a bit more interesting ! What's your favourite false friend ? Post it in a comment.
P.S. If you want to laugh for a little bit, visit this webpage. You will find humorous examples of sentences with false friends.