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False Friends - I
Idiom is a phrase which means something different from the meanings of the separate words from which it is formed.
It was raining cats and dogs. We all got soaked.
Implicate mean "implicar" but only in the sense of shared guilt or responsibility. Otherwise the correct word would be involved.
Many of the workers were involved in making the final decision.
The general manager resigned after being implicated in the cover-up.
In the act means while actually doing something, usually bad.
I caught her in the act of stealing from my wallet.
"Fotocopias en el acto" would be while you wait.
Inform is always a verb. So if you want to refer to "un informe" you have to use the word report.
According to the latest reports the rate of unemployment should continue to drop.
Intend means to have a plan or purpose in mind.
I intend to hand-deliver this report to the general manager.
This website is intended for native Spanish speakers.
The Spanish "intentar" means to attempt or try.
He attempted to persuade me to join his team but I turned him down.
If you are intoxicated you are drunk from consuming too much alcohol. If you are "intoxicado" you have been poisoned.
