Homonyms

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Homonyms are those terms that are spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings. They are also called polysemic words, since they have more than one meaning. For example: language (language) or language (organ of the mouth).

To identify which of all the meanings the word refers to, it is necessary to place it in a context. For example, if you hear the word "bank", you can think of a seat to sit in the square or in a financial institution.

• I went to cash the check at the bank. From the context we will know that it refers to the financial institution.
• I'm waiting for you sitting on that bench.From the context we will know that it refers to the seat.

Homonyms must be differentiated from homophones, which are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example: wave Y Hi; hunting Y House, one hundred Y temple.

Homonyms are also not the same as paronyms, which are words that sound and are spelled similar, but have different meanings. For example: affected Y effect, absolve Y absorb.

• See also: Homonymous words

Examples of sentences with homonyms

1. Juan nothing twice a week at the club. / For the Literature exam I have not studied yet nothing.
2. Andrea always avoid let us talk about that topic, I don't know why. / Although the people asked for it, Avoid She was not a candidate for vice president, as happened with the last wife of Juan Domingo Perón, María Estela Martínez.
3. I left the clothes ironed on the bed, then put it away. / Put receipts in a on and leave them to the secretary so that we can refund the money.
4. Leo he is going to study law in Buenos Aires, he has already registered. / I love the book, I read every night before I go to sleep.
5. I brought you one plant so you can take care of me while I go on vacation. / By going barefoot I hurt my plant foot with a pebble. / My department is in plant low.
6. For testing Language we have to study a lot of things. / It was very hot, I burned my language.
7. We have to toast the news, I'm already looking for the glasses of Cristal. / Yes, there is wind. See how the glasses of the trees. / For the winners of the first and second place there will be glasses, for the rest, medals.
8. I love fall because leaves they turn yellow. / For the exam they can only have two leaves and a pen on the bench.
9. It seems to me that we have scale in Lime, Peru. / I broke a nail, do you have one lime? / I'm very thirsty, I'm going to open the bottle of lime - lemon.
10. Can you tell him I know Street? We are trying to listen. / Be careful when you cross the Street because the traffic light does not work.
11. The capital The United States is Washington, not New York. / For the final exam we have to read El Capitalby Marx. / The factors of production are land, capital and work.
12. In that lake you can fish tents, so let's take the reeds. / The tents they are armed in that sector of the property, not here.
13. Before, this chocolate came out a weight, now they increased it. / I do not know how much weight, I don't have a scale in my house.
14. At the end of the film she does say to him “ love”. / Dogs always look like their love.
15. If you get to put a textual note from the book, put a appointment at the bottom to avoid plagiarism. / Next week I have one appointment with the boy that I like.
16. I have been doing tail half an hour but I was able to get the tickets for the play. / Look, they cut off the tail to that puppy. / I didn't see the movie, just the tail, but it looked good. / I had to buy tail to stick the piece of wood that had come out of the cabinet.
17. What do you choose, expensive or dry? / You should get some sun, you have the expensive pale. / This portfolio is very expensiveI'm going to take the other one.
18. My uncle is a carpenter, we could borrow one Mountain range. / We had a picnic at the foot of the Mountain range, really enjoyed it. / My dentist's last name is Mountain rangeI don't remember his first name.
19. He told me that there was already done all duties. / This is a done transcendental, we will remember it for years.
20. Finally, the advice decided to go ahead with the project. / Can I give you a advice? Don't call him, he must be offended.

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