Hello again!
As I said in the previous post, today I'll post other cognate words that might confuse us. Pay attention, please.
Estate - bens, patrimônio / Estado - State
Exit - Saída / Êxito - Success, triumph
Exquisite - Refinado, requintado / Esquisito - Strange, weird
Fabric - tecido / Fábrica - Factory
Fate - Destino / Fato - Fact, event, happening
File - Arquivo / Fila - Line, queue
Flagrant - Espalhafatoso, escandaloso / Flagrante - Red-handed, in the act
Gem - Pedra preciosa / Gema - Yolk
Grip - Segurar firme / Gripe - Influenza, flu
Hazard - Risco, perigo, arriscar / Azar - Bad luck
Inhabitable – habitável / Inabitável - Uninhabitable
Injury – Ferimento / Injúria - Offense, insult
Inscription – Gravação em relevo / Inscrição - Registration, application
Jar - Pote / Jarra - Pitcher, jug
Large - Grande, espaçoso, amplo / Largo - Broad, wide
Mate - Colega, companheiro / Matar - To kill
Notice – Notar, perceber / Notícia - News
Oration – Discurso formal / Oração (reza) - Prayer
Prejudice - Preconceito / Prejuízo - Damage, loss
Pull - Puxar / Pular - To jump
Push - Empurrar / Puxar - To pull
Realize - Notar, perceber, compreender / Realizar - To carry out, to make come true, to accomplish
Rim – Borda / Rim - Kidney
Support - Apoiar / Suportar (tolerar) - To bear, to stand
Toss - Arremessar, arremesso, arremesso de moeda para decidir algo / Tosse, tossir - Cough, to cough
Ultimately - Em última análise / Ultimamente - Lately, recently
Vicious - Defeituoso, impuro; perverso / Viciado (em drogas) - Addicted
Well, of course there are many other words that might confuse us, but you can't memorize all of them just by reading. If you want you can search on the web for more words.
That's all.
See you!
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