False Friends & Spanglish
| actually | en realidad, concretamente | actualmente | currently, now, nowadays | |
| advice | consejo | argumento | plot (of film, play, story) | |
| argument | discusión | asistir | be present at | |
| assist | ayudar | atender a | attend to, pay attention to | |
| attend | asistir | aviso | warning | |
| bizarre | extraño, raro; estrafalario* | bizarro | gallant, brave dashing; generous, splendid* | |
| brave | valiente | bravo | fierce, wild | |
| carpet | alfombra, moqueta | carpeta | file, folder | |
| claret | vino de Burdeos (específicamente) | clarete | light red wine | |
| collar | cuello (de una camisa); collar (de un animal) | choque | bump, collision | |
| college | escuela superior | colegio | school | |
| conference | congreso | collar | necklace, (dog) collar | |
| constipated | estreñido | conferencia | lecture, talk | |
| control | controlar, mandar, dirigir | constipado | a cold | |
| crime | cualquier delito; crimen | crimen | murder or other serious crime | |
| deception | engaño | decepción | disappointment | |
| discussion | intercambio de ideas | desgracia | misfortune | |
| disgrace | deshonra, vergüenza | desmayo | faint | |
| dismay | consternar, consternación | discusión | argument, row | |
| dispatch | envío, prisa | diversión | fun, entertainment | |
| diversion | desvío | editor | publisher | |
| editor | redactor, director de un periódico | embarazada | pregnant | |
| embarrassed | desconcertado, avergonzado | entretenimiento | amusement, recreation | |
| entertainment | diversión | envío | dispatch, shipment | |
| envy | envidia | escolar | school (adj.) jornada escolar = school day | |
| eventually | finalmente (más tarde que se esperaba) | escuálido | weak, skinny |