¿Nos tomamos una selfy? / How about a selfy?
English and Spanish as
languages are very similars, because they have commons ancestors known as
Indo-European (indoeuropeos) and then the Roman Empire extend to England, so a
lot of English words came from Latin. Let’s try to see some of these
words known as cognates.
Words that end in "-tion" in English often end in -ción in Spanish:
Civilization civilización,
Education educación
Eliminación elimination
Words that end in "-tion" in English often end in -ción in Spanish:
Civilization civilización,
Education educación
Eliminación elimination
Gestación gestation
Many English words that have a "ph" in them have an f in the Spanish version:
photo, foto
philosophy filosofía
physical físico
Many English words that have a "ph" in them have an f in the Spanish version:
photo, foto
philosophy filosofía
physical físico
phenomenon fenómeno
physiotherapy fisioterapia
A few words in English that have a "th" in them have a Spanish equivalent with a t:
Thema tema
theater teatro
theory teoría
Adverbs that end in "-ly" in English sometimes have a Spanish equivalent ending in -mente:
rapidly rápidamente
only solamente
frequently frecuentemente
A few words in English that have a "th" in them have a Spanish equivalent with a t:
Thema tema
theater teatro
theory teoría
Adverbs that end in "-ly" in English sometimes have a Spanish equivalent ending in -mente:
rapidly rápidamente
only solamente
frequently frecuentemente
Besides, (además) all the
words in computación or informática come from English: is correct to say e-mail or mouse, you don´t
have to say correo electrónico o ratón; we say spam; Internet o Web (you don´t
have to say Red).
You can say:
¿Nos tomamos una selfy?
Selfy is a new word by the Real Academia Española
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