Spanish:Trastrueques: Inmune, Impune; sedición, seducción

Pronunciation:Trahs-trooay-keh

Translation:Change round

Function:various

Beware of ‘parónimos’ [paronyms], very similar words with very different meanings, because they can lead you to a ‘trastrueque’ of words.

Some of the most popular among foreigner are: ‘sedición’ [sedition] for ‘seducción’ [seduction] and ‘Inmune’ [Immune] for ‘impune’ [unpunished]

Example:No confundas la gimnasia con la magnesia

Translation:Don’t take a gymnasium for magnesium