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False Friends - P
Parents does not mean "parientes". It only refers to your mother and father. Use the word relative or relation to refer to the people in your family.
Every summer we used to have all the relations/relatives over for a family picnic.
Relation(s) and relationship can be used to refer to the way we treat or think about people.
I disagree with many of my boss's ideas but we still have a good working relationship.
Particular means deserving special notice or attention; unusual, single, different from others.
There's no particular reason for you to be present at the meeting.
"Una clase particular" would be a private class.
Party is a "fiesta" but it also refers to a person or group of people.
The police organised a search party to look for the missing child.
Have you made arrangements for the meeting? Yes, I called the restaurant and made reservations for a party of eight.
Policy refers to a course of action.
The company has recently issued a no-smoking policy.
As they say, honesty is the best policy.
A medical practitioner is a doctor of medicine. If you are a "practicante" you are a medical assistant.
Presume is to take as true or as a fact without direct proof.
I presume you've seen the latest sales figures.
"Presumir" is to show off.
Pretend means to give an appearance of something that is not true with the intention of deceiving.
Whenever I tell a joke in English my students are very polite and pretend to laugh.
To express the Spanish ¿Qué pretendes hacer? You have to use words like, plan, goal, objective.
What do you plan to do? What are your objectives?
Principle means a truth or belief that is accepted as a base for reasoning or action. If you say:
"They agree with our plan in principle."
It means that they agree with the idea in general.
But if you want to express the Spanish
"En principio podemos tener la reunión el sábado día 13."
You have to say,
tentatively, for now, for the moment, if nothing else comes up, if I don't have any other engagements.
A professor teaches at the university level. The rest of us are called teachers or instructors.
To prove is to show to be true by means of facts, documents, information etc. "Probar la sopa" would be to try and "probar" the shoes would be to try on.
