Spanish Words You Recognize and remember - for aspiring multilingual travelers

If you speak English, or learned Latin at school, you will find it easy to recognize the roots of many Spanish and Italian words.

 Spanish - English

compania - company

computadora - computer

diploma - diploma

las directoras - the directors (female). The masculine plural of the is Los, as in Los Angeles, the US city, whose name means the angels. The angels are masculine. The word for the (called the article) matches the noun which ends in as.) 

documentos - documents

dormir - to sleep (same as dormant in English, and dormer in French)

durante - during

hospital - hospital (in Spanish you don't pronounce the h)

increíble - incredible

opera - opera

pintor - painter (not picture. P I N R are common letters in pintor and painter. In the Spanish remember to roll the R.

los pintores - the painters

planear - to plan

planta - plant

presidente/presidenta - president (male/female)

programa - program

viaje - trip/voyage

yendo - going, leaving (You are making an END and gOing Off)

In Spanish the accents tell you which sound to emphasize.

Useful Websites On Learning Spanish

duolingo.com

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trilingual-English-Italian-Illustrated-Vocabulary/

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