Level 1:
Group - Grupo
You can see this one, easily. It's even fairly easy to catch when listening to spanish. This is, in fact, a stereotypical Level 1... Take the English word and add an "-o" to the end... at least in the pronunciation.
As you can see in the spelling, the "o" in the center of the word is not present in the Spanish spelling, "Grupo." Actually, when you look at it, you have to ask yourself why there's an "o" in the English version and why it's not "grupe" - but English is funny that way.
The fact that "Group" and "Grupo" contain exactly the same letters, in a slightly different order make this pair that much easier to recognize and translate.
Pronounced: "GROUP - oh"
Opposite (Adjective)
Level 4:
Opposite - Contrario
This would have been a Level 1 if "Contrary" were more popular in the English language. Regardless, Something that is contrary to something else is its opposite. That's something that is familiar in English and unites the words "Opposite" and "Contrario." The "-io" ending is an adjective ending.
Pronounced: "con TRAR ee oh"
Opposite - Contrario
This would have been a Level 1 if "Contrary" were more popular in the English language. Regardless, Something that is contrary to something else is its opposite. That's something that is familiar in English and unites the words "Opposite" and "Contrario." The "-io" ending is an adjective ending.
Pronounced: "con TRAR ee oh"
Dear (Adjective)
Level 4:
Dear - Quierdo
This is a level four. These are either really tricky or actually require some knowledge of something Spanish to make the connection... as is the case here.
If you already know that "Quiero" means "I love / I care for / I want" (as in, "Yo quiero Taco Bell") then it's easy to see that Quierdo is merely a modified version of Quiero. In this case, changing it into an adjective, as in: "chica quierdo" (Dear girl).
Pronounced: "Key Air Doe"
Dear - Quierdo
This is a level four. These are either really tricky or actually require some knowledge of something Spanish to make the connection... as is the case here.
If you already know that "Quiero" means "I love / I care for / I want" (as in, "Yo quiero Taco Bell") then it's easy to see that Quierdo is merely a modified version of Quiero. In this case, changing it into an adjective, as in: "chica quierdo" (Dear girl).
Pronounced: "Key Air Doe"
Blue (Adjective)
Level 4:
Blue - Azul
While at first this looks like it comes completely "out of the blue," this is yet another case of a poorly matched word pair.
True, "Blue" looks nothing like "Azul," but it's very close, indeed, to "Azure" (a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel). Also, Azure/Azul can be seen in certain gemstone names, such as Azurite and Lapis Lazuli.
If you're not familiar with the English word, Azure, however, this makes Azul harder to pick up on. So, why not familiarize yourself with Azure a bit?
Check out Wikipedia for more on Azure's origination
Blue - Azul
While at first this looks like it comes completely "out of the blue," this is yet another case of a poorly matched word pair.
True, "Blue" looks nothing like "Azul," but it's very close, indeed, to "Azure" (a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel). Also, Azure/Azul can be seen in certain gemstone names, such as Azurite and Lapis Lazuli.
If you're not familiar with the English word, Azure, however, this makes Azul harder to pick up on. So, why not familiarize yourself with Azure a bit?
Check out Wikipedia for more on Azure's origination
Act (Verb)
Level 2:
Act - Actuar
This is the verb, as in "Don't act surprised."
Spanish adds a "u", followed by a very typical "ar" verb ending: Actuar.
Pronounced like: "Act You Are"
Act - Actuar
This is the verb, as in "Don't act surprised."
Spanish adds a "u", followed by a very typical "ar" verb ending: Actuar.
Pronounced like: "Act You Are"
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