You know more English than you think!

English is like a vacuum cleaner - it soaks up words from other languages.

Other world languages, including Spanish, have "loaned"!  words to English.

Words we use on a daily basis. Therefore, you know more English than you think!

Spanish Loan Words in English
English has vacuumed up many Spanish words.

Sometimes, the words have the same pronunciation like mosquito.

Other times, the pronunciation differs only slightly like cañon vs canyon.

Here is a small list of words that Spanish and English share.

Conclusion
So, can you think of other words that Spanish and English share?

As we can see, languages do not exist in a vacuum.

The more words that you learn that Spanish and English have in common the more your vocabulary increases!


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