Matching Pairs ENGLISH-SPANISH COGNATESOnline version COGNATE Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. While English may share very few cognates with a language like Chinese, 30-40% of all words in English have a related word in Spanish. EXAMPLES: elephant/elefante - airplane/aeroplano - restaurant/restaurante. MATCH COGNATES. by Nora E. Sanabria 1 SOPA 2 PUNTA 3 LEYENDA 4 BARRERA 5 COPA 6 FIEBRE 7 SOYA 8 COSTA 9 MENTA 10 PIRÁMIDE CUP POINT LEGEND BARRIER SOY COAST SOUP MINT FEVER PYRAMID