Crossword puzzle : False friends in Spanish

Think you know Spanish? Watch out for false friends — words that look familiar but mean something completely different! In this crossword, you’ll practise tricky vocabulary pairs that often catch learners off guard at B1 level. Can you tell apart embarazada and “embarrassed”, or sensible and “sensible”? Let’s find out!

Horizontalement

1. 1. crime or offense, not delight
2. 4. Always, at all times without exception
3. 7. having a cold, not constipated
4. 8. Fast, quick
5. 12. possible or temporary, not eventual
6. 15. pregnant, not embarrassed
7. 16. to preserve or protect
8. 17. Several

Verticalement

1. 2. To arrive
2. 3. sensitive, not sensible
3. 5. To want desire
4. 6. to poison, not to intoxicate with alcohol
5. 9. to try or aim, not to pretend
6. 10. To rest
7. 11. To close
8. 13. To speak or talk
9. 14. Four