Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The dirty dozen

Words or phrases whose meaning I confuse in Spanish. In most cases it's because they are "falsos amigos" - they sound as if they should mean something else. For clarity, I will post only the correct meanings here. It should be clear in most cases where the confusion lies.
  • por cierto : by the way
  • por supuesto : of course
  • a lo mejor : probably, maybe
  • por desgracia : unfortunately
  • sin embargo : however, still
  • a menudo : often
  • tal vez : maybe
  • ahora mismo : right away
  • tal y como : just as
  • por lo tanto : therefore
  • en seguida : right away
  • por lo menos : at least

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