What are Spanish cognates?

Answer by  Phil97 (569)

Cognates are words in two or more languages that are descended from the same parent word, but are not normally descendent from each other. An example of cognates in German and English is mutter and mother, both of which are from a parent language but are not from each other.

Answer by  DrRashid (45)

What are cognates? Simply put, they are words that exist in two languages that are spelled exactly or almost exactly the same way and have the same meaning. Few are here, abolition abolición abominable - abominable abolish - abolir bayonet - bayoneta benediction - bendición benefice - beneficio benefit - beneficio benefit - beneficiar benevolence - benevolencia benevolent - benévolo

Answer by  Magenta (94)

Spanish cognates are words which exist or are convertible into another language. There are a lot of English-Spanish cognates which convey the same meaning and are sometimes spelled exactly the same way. Examples of English-Spanish cognates include the following words: hotel, radio, idea, and regular.