Mar 20
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.
March 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
coolico!
March 20th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
That-o is-o so-o cool-o.