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2 4 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M A R C H 2 0 1 5 S U R G E O N S ' L O U N G E W ould you think twice about telling a Spanish- speaking patient to take a certain medication once every 4 hours? You should. Once (pro- nounced ohn-say) is 11 in Spanish. "And there are examples where peo- ple took medication 11 times instead of once," says cross-cultural commu- nication expert Gail Price-Wise, MPH. Look-alike and sound-alike words in English and Spanish often have similar roots and similar mean- ings. But not always. Watch out for "false cognates" — words that look simi- lar but have very dif- ferent meanings. In the table above you'll find examples of word pairs that look like they might mean the same thing but don't (courtesy of "Obvious … But Wrong," tinyurl.com/3lflxc). — Jim Burger Being Embarazada Is No Reason to Be Embarrassed S A Y W H A T ? False Cognates Una decepción A disappointment, not a deception Bizarro Refers to someone who's brave, not strange Complexión Refers to your physical build, not to your skin Compromiso A promise or commitment, not a compromise Una constipación A cold, not constipation Desgracia A mistake or misfortune, not a disgrace Disgusto Displeasure or misfortune, not disgust Embarazada To be pregnant, not embarrassed En absoluto Not at all or absolutely not, as opposed to the opposite Molestar To bother or annoy; there are no sexual connotations Pretender To try, not to fake anything Sopa Soup, not soap (that's jabón) z LANGUAGE BARRIER Look-alike and sound-alike words in English and Spanish don't always have similar meanings.

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