True and False Cognates - 3rão

If two words, from different languages, look similiar or alike and mean the same, they are said to be true cognates.

When we consider English and Portuguese, words like family, cancel, car, instrument, and photograph can be used as examples of true cognates.

True Cognates

In the same way, if two words look similar or alike but have different meanings, they are said to be false cognates.

Considering Portuguese and English, the words college, actually, pretend, and beef are examples of false cognates.

False Cognates

Question 01

Look at the following words. Are they cognates or false cognates?