Quote: (11-06-2016 02:23 PM)Vinny Wrote:
What is the best way to say "I am excited to go to South America" ?
Google translate offers me "Estoy tan emocionado de ir a Americe del Sur"
I am emotional to go to SA? Doesn't sound right...
EMOTIONAL and EXCITED are false cognates. 'Excitar' and its derivatives usually refer to sexual excitement only.
Going by 'what 'sounds right' is unwise, unless you're basing that on what you have heard in Spanish. Spanish will lull you into a false sense of security ('seguridad' is another partially false cognate!) because so much vocabulary looks similar to English. Usually the core meaning of cognates is the same or similar, but not always. Spend some time with a book reviewing the most common false (or partially false) cognates, for example, asistir/atender, sensible, compromise/compromiso, and most famously, 'embarrassed/embarazada'. There are around fifty or so that are worth paying the most attention to.