Let’s go to learn Spanish! #9
Posted in ELE, Español como Lengua Extranjera, Intermediate level, Learning Spanish, Let's go to learn Spanish!, Nivel intermedio, Spanish as a foreign language
False friend: SENSIBLE
We bet you get confused with the adjective sensible in Spanish, as most Spanish learners do at some point. Sensible in Spanish means sensitive in English, not sensible as it may seem.
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- Tenemos un Gobierno muy sensible a los problemas juveniles. [Our government is very sensitive to the youth’s problems.]
- Juan tiene una nariz muy sensible. [Juan’s nose is very sensitive.)]
The English word sensible would be translated as sensato into Spanish, not sensible. They are written in the same way, so you should be careful not to mix them up.
Here’s how to use the adjective sensato (=sensible) in Spanish:
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- Era un hombre sensato. [He was a sensible man.]
