A1 Spanish False Friends
Librería, Largo: 2 Spanish False Friends
librería · largo
1:08 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words
Transcript with English
Hide the English to test yourself.
- Compro un libro en la librería.I buy a book in the bookshop.
- Pablo tiene el pelo largo.Pablo has long hair.
- Mi mesa es muy grande.My table is very big.
About this lesson
Two Spanish false friends, librería (bookshop, not library) and largo (long, not large), each taught with a short example sentence.
How to practise
- Guess what each word means before the answer shows: it does NOT mean what it looks like.
- Repeat the example out loud in the Your turn pause, then learn the word that really means the English one.
- Take the which-one-fits check at the end, and comment another false friend you know.
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| la librería | bookshop | |
| la biblioteca | library | |
| largo | long | |
| grande | large |
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