Thursday, 21 August 2008

False Friends - 11/30 - college

The English word 'college' is not the same as the Spanish word 'colegio'. The equivalent of the English word 'college', in Spanish, is either 'facultad' or 'escuela', while the equivalent of the Spanish word 'colegio', in English, is 'school'. See the following examples:

  • Oxford University is divided into colleges.
  • My kids start school next week.

1 comments:

R.Alcolea said...

I think that false friends are a problem for English learners. I have some false friends in my blogif you want to include them in your blog. Hugs R.Alcolea English teacher in Andalucia.
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