False Friends – Don’t Let Them Trick You! 🚫👬

 Welcome to our first post!

Let’s start with something that often causes confusion (and sometimes funny mistakes!): false friends.

A false friend is a word that looks or sounds similar in two languages but has a different meaning.
For example:

• “Actually” in English doesn’t mean “actualmente” – it means “de hecho”.

• “Sensible” in English means “sensible”, not “sensato”!

These tricky words can be confusing for Spanish speakers, but once you know them, you’ll never forget them.

🎯 In this blog, we’ll collect and explain some of the most common false friends between Spanish and English – and we need your help!

👉 Do you know any false friends that have confused you or your classmates?
👉 Have you seen funny examples in real life, on signs, menus, or social media?

💬 Share them in the comments or send us your examples! We’ll include the best ones in this Padlet — with credit, of course 😉

Let’s build a great collection together and help each other avoid these classic mistakes.

Learning is better when we do it together.

See you in the next post,

Inglis TICh@