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actual existing in reality

from active (Old French) from actualis (Late

Latin)

actual current, present del latín actualis

real; de hecho

true cognates

argument quarrel; debate;

reasoning

from Latin argūmentum

argumento reasoning; plot del latín argumentum

discusión; polémica

true cognates

billion one thousand millions

from French, a million million:

blend of bi-, second power

billón one million millions

del francés billion, de bi- 'bi-' y la t. de

million 'millón'

un millón de millones

true cognates

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bland dull; insipid from Latin blandus,

‘caressing, flattering’

blando, blanda soft; indulgent del lat. blandus,

agradable, placentero

soso, insípido true cognates

casualty one who is injured or

killed; accident

from Medieval Latin cāsuālitās,

from Latin cāsuālis,

‘fortuitous’

casualidad chance; coincidence;

fortuity

del latín casuālis

bajas; víctimas

true cognates

conductor musical director

from Middle French

conductour, from Old French

conduitor, from Latin conductor

conductor driver; presenter, host;

anchor

del lat. conductor, -ōris

director de orquesta

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deception deceit, deceiving; ruse, trick

from Late Latin dēceptiō,

dēceptiōn-, from dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere, ‘to

deceive’

decepción disappointment del lat. tardío deceptio, -ōnis

engaño; falsedad

true cognates

eventually finally; after a long delay

from Latin event-, stem of evenire ‘to come out,

happen, result’

eventualmente by chance, occasionally

del latín eventualis, de eventum del verbo evenīre

finalmente true cognates

exit a passage or way out

from Latin exitus, from past

participle of exīre

éxito success del lat. exĭtus 'salida'

salida true cognates





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facilities building, room,

equipment for a specific function

from Latin facilitās, from facilis ‘easy’

facilidades ease, easiness; gift, ability

del lat. facilĭtas, -ātis

instalaciones, servicios

true cognates

lecture exposition of a subject;

reprimand, reproof

‘a reading’, from Old French, from Medieval Latin

lēctūra

lectura act of reading; interpretation

del bajo latín lectura

lección, conferencia;

sermón

true cognates

parents a female person who gives birth; father or mother; guardian

from Old French, from Latin

parēns, parent-, from parere, ‘give

birth’

parientes relatives, relations, kin;

del lat. parens, -entis

'padre', 'madre', en lat. tardío 'pariente'

padres true cognates





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record write/set down; register,

indicate

from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī,

‘remember’

recordar remember del lat. recordāri

anotar; registrar; grabar

true cognates

remove move, transfer, convey; take off; eliminate

from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre

remover dig up; poke; stir; revive;

del lat. removēre

quitar, quitarse; transferir; eliminar

true cognates

rest cease motion, relax, sleep

from Old French reste, from rester,

‘remain’, from Latin restāre, ‘stay

behind’

restar subtract del lat. restāre descansar true cognates





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resume begin or take up again; assume or

occupy again

from Old French resumer, from Latin resūmere

resumir summarize; abridge, shorten

del latín resumĕre 'retomar', 'reanudar',

'reabsorber'

continuar, seguir,

reanudar

true cognates

résumé curriculum vitae; short, descriptive summary

from Old French resumer, from Latin resūmere

resumen summary del latín resumĕre 'retomar', 'reanudar',

'reabsorber'

currículum (vitae); hoja

de vida

true cognates

sauce flavorful liquid; stewed

fruit; zest, piquancy

from Old French, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin, feminine of salsus

sauce willow (tree) del latín salix, -ĭcis

salsa false cognates

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scholar learned person;

specialist in a given branch of knowledge

from Old French escoler and from

Old English scolere, both from

Medieval Latin scholāris

escolar school student; from school, for

school

del lat. tardío scholāris

erudito, estudioso;

especialista

true cognates

sensible showing good sense,

reasonable

from Latin sēnsibilis

sensible sensitive del latín sensibĭlis

sensato true cognates

topic subject of speech,

discourse; subject of

conversation or discussion

from Latin Topica, from Greek Topika,

commonplaces, from neuter pl. of

topikos

tópico commonplace, trite, cliché

del gr. τοπικός

topikós

tema, asunto true cognates



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