Today's false cognate or falso amigo en español is the word discusión.
Discusión looks very similar to the word discussion, and even though it can be used with that meaning, most of the times, the most popular use of discusión is used with the meaning of "argument". Discusión can be used to refer to a discussion as mentioned above, as long as it is used in the right context talking about a topic that is being discussed among several people.
Ejemplo: (discusión as argument) Los escuché discutir acaloradamente toda la tarde.
Ejemplo: (discusión as discussion) Los profesores discutieron los temas relevantes a los problemas de la educación
Saludos,
Fernanda
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