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Cool Spanish Tips

Submitted by bill on March 20, 2008 – 11:52 am2 Comments

1. You can translate most of the English words ending in “-ic” into Spanish by: substituting the ending with “-ico”. These words always have a written accent.
Examples: academic→ académico, fantastic→ fantástico, magic→ mágico, organic → orgánico.
Exception: mastic→ mastíque

2. You can translate most of the English words, with two or more syllables, that end in “-al” into Spanish by keeping the same ending “-al”.

Examples: cultural→ cultural, capital→ capital, cereal→ cereal, dental→ dental
Some Exceptions: continual→ contínuo, magical→ mágico, terrestial→ terrestre.

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