Falsos Cognatos que Mais Confundem os Estudantes de Inglês

Os falsos cognatos são palavras parecidas (às vezes até iguais) em dois idiomas diferentes, mas que possuem significados completamente diferentes! Há muitos falsos cognatos entre o inglês e o português, e o uso errado pode causar muita confusão. Veja os campeões de erros:

Actual / Actually

Parece “atual / atualmente”, mas não é. Actual significa “real”, “ocorrido de fato” e actually significa “na verdade”, “na realidade”.

Use “current” para “atual” e “currently” para “atualmente” em inglês. Ex:

• Did you see the actual results for last month? It was 35% higher than the budget, our team did a great job!
• The system was supposed to be implemented in 2 months, but actually it took more than 4 months!
• We thought he was the manager, but actually he was the owner.
• You have to use the current dolar exchange rate for this calculation, not the one from last year.
• We are currently discussing the details of this agreement.

Comprehensive

Parece “compreensivo”, certo? Na verdade comprehensive significa “abrangente”, “completo”.

Use “understanding” para compreensivo. Ex:

• You can find all the information you need in this brochure, it is very comprehensive.
• I need a comprehensive report on your trip.
• The customer was quite understanding and gave us two more days to deliver the products.

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