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3 Tricks to Learn Hundreds of Spanish Words

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3 Tricks to Learn Hundreds of Spanish Words

What do you mean you don’t know that many Spanish words? You actually know tons of Spanish words… you just don’t know you know them (yet). Spanish has a lot of words that can be learned with some small adjustments to the English translation. Keep reading to learn hundreds of Spanish words in less than 5 minutes.

We’ve only included a few examples here, but you can find more here

  1. Many English words that end with -TY can be made into Spanish by changing -TY to -DAD.
SpanishEnglish
abilidadability
diversidaddiversity
inmunidadimmunity
versatilidadversatility
oportunidadopportunity

2. Many English words that end with -ATE can be made into Spanish infinitives by changing -ATE to -AR.

SpanishEnglish
acumularaccumulate
emigraremigrate
incorporarincorporate
negociarnegotiate
separarseparate

3. Most English words that end in -tion can be made into Spanish by changing -tion to -ción.

SpanishEnglish
acciónaction
clasificaciónclassification
exhibiciónexhibition
memorizaciónmemorization
renovaciónrenovation

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