When English and Spanish sound similarly

 

                             WHEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH SOUND SIMILAR

Cognates are defined as "words that are similar in two or more languages as a result of common descent." The more closely related two languages are the more cognates they may have. Nearly 40% of both Spanish and English words have a common Latin or Greek origin.

Some examples are:  Hospital, restaurant, abandon (abandonar), abnormal (anormal), accent (acento), band (banda), bar (barra), bicycle (bicicleta), camel (camello), cape (capa), contact (contacto), dialect (dialecto), echo (eco), elegant (elegante).

Inspiration for this entry came after reading” The world´s wackiest Spanish joke book” by Sue Fenton in which she registers over 500 puns in both Spanish and English.

The left-hand column will feature the Spanish word whereas the right hand column will present the sound equivalence and a source of fun which reflects and celebrates the playful spirit in all of us:

HIELO                          YELLOW

JIRAFA                       HER OFFER

JABALÍ                       HER BELLY

JAGUAR                  HOW ARE                                                      

ERIZA                         ARETHA

IGUANA                  I WANNA

RANA                      RUNNER

ZORRILLO              THE REAL

BORRIQUÍN            BURGER KING

GORILA                   GUERRILLA

CABALLETE           COWBOY YETI

PICAFLOR           PICK A FLOOR

PALOMA             PLUMBER

MIRÓ                  MIRROR

ANARANJADA    ANA RUN HARDER

ENERO              A NARROW

HIERRO            HERO

ESPERA GAS        ASPARAGUS

MÁS TARDE        MUSTARD

IZQUIERDA         HE´S SCARED TO                                   SOMBRERO   SOMEWHERE

ALGODÓN         I´LL GO DOWN

JÁRTATE              HEART ATTACK

A MANGAS             AMONG US

HIGO                       EGO

SALÓN                  SO LONG/LONE

SARTÉN                 CERTAIN

COLCHA               CULTURE

LAVABO               LOVABLE

SONORA               SNORER

LA QUEBRADA    LIKE A BROTHER

PESO                    PAY IS SO

VERACRUZ          VARICOSE

DONDE VAS?         ON THE BUS?

NACHO                 NOT YOURS

TURRÓN               TO RUN

OLÉ                        AU_LAIT

SEVILLA             SEVERE

GRANADA              GROWN OUT OF

BARCELONA           BOSS A LONER

ARAGÓN                  I RECKON

DON QUIXOTE        DONKEY OUTIE

ANDALUZ                 ON THE LOOSE

AJO EN JUAN           A HOLE IN ONE

RÁBANOS                 ROBBING US

CHU-CU-CHÚ          YOU COULD CHOOSE

GOLFA                  GOLFER 

PICHA                  PITCHER/PICTURE

¿ TE PICA LA INGLE ?   DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

CRISMA             CHRISTMAS

CO-JO-NES         GOOD MORNING

DESOLAO          SOLD OUT

BAILABLE       AVAILABLE

GIL                     HILL (Surname)

ASÍ(n)                A SIN

¡AY! SÍ               I SEE

LOCKER            LOCA; LOCA

 

 

N.B. OBSERVE THESE PUNS: PIGCASSO, FRACKASO, SABADO DELI, INDALIBLE, FRA-CASADO(PP),..(Make up your own pun)

Write a short creative text using the examples above as prompts starting:

Yellow leaves me cold........