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