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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Using "Almost Identical" Words

Chapter 2 – Using Words that are uniquely Spanish

Chapter 3 – Using Words that are Distinctively Different

Chapter 4 – Using Words that end with "cion"

Chapter 5 – Using Words with accentuated Sounds

Chapter 6 – Using Words that end with "ico"

Chapter 7 – Using Words that end with "ario", "mento" and "ificar"

Chapter 8 – Using Words that end with "encia" and "ivo"

Chapter 9 – Using Words that end with "cto" and "ar"

Chapter 10 – Using Words that end with "gia", "ar" and "ido"

Chapter 11 – Using Words that end with "idad"

Chapter 12 – Using Words that end with "izar", "ansia", "oso" and "ar"

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Introduction

In today’s high tech world, knowing at least one foreign language adds a lot ofvalue to your business related as well as personal pursuit. Technological advancements in each and every field have now made the world our neighbour; the world has become accessible to each one of us and to our generations to come.

Learning Spanish will help you enter the world that can provide you excitingchallenges, endless opportunities and some of the amazing experiences.

If you are looking to open the door to a new outlook of life, a different culture,a distinctive lifestyle, learn Spanish as it will provide you a very helpful andvaluable tool to open your mind to a new world.

The basic aim of this book is to take you from the basics to deeper understanding of various patterns of Spanish language. It will enable you to handle common words and phrases through easy and simple rules. So, why not spare some time and make an effort to communicate successfully in a beautiful and new language in a short span of time.

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Chapter 1

• Using "Almost Identical" Words

While learning the Spanish language, the first and foremost thing to note is there are certain words that are exactly the same in the English language.

Here is the list of such common words:

abdominal abdominal

accidental accidental

bisexual bisexual

brutal brutal

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central central

ceremonial ceremonial

chocolate chocolate

color color

commercial comercial

constitutional constitucional

continental continental

conventional convencional

crisis crisis

dental dental

digital digital

error error

essential esencial

experimental experimental

factor factor

fatal fatal

favor favor

final final

formal formal

fundamental fundamental

global global

honor honor

horizontal horizontal

horror horror

ideal ideal

illegal ilegal

individual individual

industrial industrial

intellectual intelectual

legal legal

lethal letal

local local

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manual manual

material material

mental mental

motor motor

normal normal

optional opcional

peculiar peculiar

popular popular

principal principal

professional profesional

residual residual

ritual ritual

rumor rumor

similar similar

social social

special especial

total total

virus virus

Since, these are common words, you can easily use them.

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Chapter 2

• Using words that are uniquely Spanish

This category of words has two key rules that fall under it. Adhering to the rules laid out below will help you master the pronunciation of words that followinto this group.

• The first rule holds no specific format or outline in particular.

These words do not sound identical to their English synonyms nor do theyfollow a pattern in particular. They however are quite famously recognized fortheir native Spanish accent; and hence, are difficult to stay unnoticed orunheard of. Here is a list of words that we’re sure, will sound familiar as soonas you pronounce them.

adult adulto

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brilliant brillante

client cliente

conflict conflicto

details detalles

future futuro

honest honesto

irregular irregular

map mapa

moment momento

much mucho

origin origen

part parte

passport pasaporte

person persona

problem problema

sincere sincero

solid sólido

telephone teléfono

traffic tráfico

votes votos

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• The second rule under this category does follow a specific ground rule.

The rule requires you to replace English words ending with the words ‘ist’ by their Spanish equivalents ‘ista’. Well, to understand this rule better, let us lookat a few words that fall into this group.

artist artista

dentist dentista

economist economista

list lista

optimist optimista

pessimist pesimista

pianist pianista

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racist racista

terrorist terrorista

tourist turista

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Chapter 3

• Using words that are distinctively different

In comparison to the English language; one of the biggest differences in the Spanish vocabulary is that their words are pronounced as they are spelt and written. So, while the English language might have varied rules that alter the way a word is pronounced and used, Spanish is in contrast, remarkably simple and direct.

This makes the attempt to learn the language fairly easy and convenient. While we have already noted the differences, let us now look at some of the Spanish words that are strikingly similar to their English counterparts. These words construe identical meanings but are however, pronounced slightly different.

This category consists of three specific rules.

• The first rule, also known as the “ible” or “able” rule focuses onpronouncing words that end with “ible” or “able”.

While a few of the Spanish words that fall under this rule might be differentlyspelt from their English synonyms, do not forget that the Spanish words arepronounced exactly how they are spelt, making them sound immediatelydifferent from their English counterparts. The below list of words reiterate thesignificance of this rule in particular.

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acceptable aceptable

adaptable adaptable

admirable admirable

adorable adorable

cable cable

compatible compatible

flexible flexible

horrible horrible

imaginable imaginable

impossible imposible

incorruptible incorruptible

inevitable inevitable

inexplicable inexplicable

invisible invisible

irresistible irresistible

memorable memorable

possible posible

terrible terrible

visible visible

vulnerable vulnerable

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• The second rule is also referred to as the ‘OR’ rule.

Notice closely and you’ll realise that English words that refer to people and their professions end with ‘or’. Similarly, Spanish words too, follow the same rule with or without variations in their spellings. The English words can be easily translated to Spanish by altering double letters to single letters such as ‘th’ to ‘t’ and ‘ph’ to’ f’.

actor actor

author autor

director director

doctor doctor

instructor instructor

professor profesor

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• The last rule is also known as the ‘tor’ rule and requires English words ending with ‘tor’ to be replaced with ‘dor’ for their Spanish equivalent.

aviator aviador

administrator administrador

competitor competidor

coordinator coordinador

creator creador

decorator decorador

gladiator gladiador

moderator moderador

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operator operador

traitor traidor

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Chapter 4

• Using words that end with ‘cion’

The Spaniards are known to aspirate English words ending with ‘tion’ as ‘cion’. Now, this is so, because they spell these words exactly the way they pronounce them. Let us look at some of the words that fall into this category. Do make a mental note that these words have to end with an aspirated ‘cion’ sound.

abbreviation abreviación

accusation acusación

action acción

activation activación

addiction adicción

affirmation afirmación

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ambition ambición

approximation aproximación

attention atención

aviation aviación

celebration celebración

classification clasificación

collaboration colaboración

collection colección

decoration decoración

definition definición

devotion devoción

direction dirección

education educación

emotion emoción

exception excepción

extraction extracción

ilumination iluminación

imitation imitación

implication implicación

infection infección

investigation investigación

legislation legislación

meditation meditación

motivation motivación

nation nación

nutrition nutrición

option opción

precaution precaución

prescription prescripción

reception recepción

revolution revolución

salvation salvación

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situation situación

tradition tradición

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Chapter 5

• Using words with accentuated sounds

This category of words is further divided into three specific rules. Each rule stresses on a specific accent and syllable stress.

• The first rule is quite similar to the previous rule in terms of itspronunciation.

However, it is spelt entirely different, and when observed closely has a slightdifference in its pronunciation too. It is therefore important that you do not getconfused between the two rules and pay enough attention to getting theaccent and articulation right. This rule has English words ending with ‘sion’spelt exactly similar in Spanish. However, the Spanish words requires you toaccentuate the syllable ‘O’ in the word as listed in the below set of words.

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admission admisión

aggression agresión

collision colisión

compassion compasión

conclusion conclusión

confusion confusión

decision decisión

depression depresión

dimension dimensión

explosion explosión

mansion mansión

mission misión

obsession obsesión

occasion ocasión

passion pasión

pension pensión

precision precisión

profession profesión

session sesión

television televisión

tension tensión

transmission transmisión

version versión

vision visión

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• The second rule requires you to replace English words ending with ‘ant’ by ‘ante’ for their Spanish equivalents.

abundant abundante

arrogant arrogante

consultant consultante

deodorant desodorante

distant distante

elephant elefante

emigrant emigrante

giant gigante

implant implante

important importante

restaurant restaurante

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• The third rule is similar, and requires you to replace English words ending with ‘ent’ by ‘ente’ for their Spanish equivalents.

accident accidente

adolescent adolescente

agent agente

client cliente

convenient conveniente

different diferente

efficient eficiente

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equivalent equivalente

frequent frecuente

impatient impaciente

indecent indecente

innocent inocente

intelligent inteligente

present presente

president presidente

sufficient suficiente

urgent urgente

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Chapter 6

• Using words that end with ‘ico’

There are several English words that end with ‘ic’. Converting them into their Spanish equivalents is quite simple with this rule. All you need to do is replace the words ‘ic’ with ‘ico’. The below list of words highlight the pronunciation of these words. It is important to note that the key syllable that needs to be stressed is accented. Following this rule will help you accentuate the required syllable in the word.

academic académico

alcoholic alcohólico

allergic alérgico

astronomic astronómico

authentic auténtico

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basic básico

catastrophic catastrófico

chaotic caótico

classic clásico

diabetic diabético

domestic doméstico

dynamic dinámico

economic económico

electric eléctrico

electromagnetic electromagnético

electronic electrónico

epic épico

epileptic epiléptico

exotic exótico

genetic genético

graphic gráfico

ironic irónico

linguistic lingüístico

logic lógico

magic mágico

magnetic magnético

mechanic mecánico

medic médico

metric métrico

nostalgic nostálgico

organic orgánico

panic pánico

photogenic fotogénico

photographic fotográfico

plastic plástico

poetic poético

problematic problemático

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public público

romantic romántico

sarcastic sarcástico

scientific científico

symbolic simbólico

synthetic sintético

toxic tóxico

traffic tráfico

tragic trágico

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