Five Language Domains

False cognates are words that look alike but do not have the same meaning in English and the native language. Colorin Colorado has great examples of both cognates and false cognates.

https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/using-cognates-develop-comprehension-english

Examples they use in English and Spanish are globe / globo, pie / pie, rope / ropa, and others.

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