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 PIRÁMIDE 2 SOYA 3 MENTA 4 COPA 5 SOPA 6 FIEBRE 7 BARRERA 8 PUNTA 9 COSTA 10 LEYENDA MINT BARRIER PYRAMID LEGEND SOY COAST SOUP CUP POINT FEVER