List of words the same or similar in Spanish and English

List of words the same or similar in Spanish and English
 

These words are spelled exactly
the same both in Spanish and English:
Remember the the Spanish vowel sounds:
ah eh ee oh oo

actor - ahk-TORE
color - coe-LORE
doctor - doke-TORE
director - dee-reck-TORE
horror - oh-RROR -The letter h is silent.
animal
general
hospital
manual
moral
era
drama
local
solar
sofa
personal
natural
social
peculiar
solo
panorama
taxi
trauma
lunar
trivia
artificial
plasma

Just a little warning: Many of those words have indeed similar meanings in English and Spanish, but several can't be literally translated in all cases... it's good to use a dictionary to make sure that's the word you want to use.

For example:
"Solo" only works two ways when you talk about a music solo.
"Moral" in English can be rather "moraleja" in Spanish.
"Local", "peculiar", "social" can have nuances in both languages that don't allow to use them indifferently all of the time. :)