Galician and Italian: 37 words that are the same
Among the two thousand words each language uses most, these are written identically and carry the same meaning in both. If you have one of the two, this is the part you do not have to learn.
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third — that is all tren and bomba are — and a word that looks the same can still be said quite differently. What this list is good for is the head start.
| Word | In English | Galician | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|
| e/ˈe/ | and | #6 | #1 |
| se/se/ | if | #11 | #26 |
| vaigl /ˈbaj/it /ˈvaj/ | to go | #63 | #203 |
| tempogl /ˈtempo/it /ˈtɛm.po/ | time | #80 | #130 |
| sempregl /ˈsɛmpɾe/it /ˈsɛm.pre/ | always | #110 | #118 |
| ohgl [ˈɔː]it /ˈo/ | oh | #195 | #59 |
| nomegl /ˈnome/it /ˈno.me/ | name | #217 | #257 |
| durantegl /duˈɾante/it /duˈran.te/ | during | #218 | #648 |
| pensogl /ˈpenso/it /ˈpɛn.so/ | to think | #227 | #184 |
| problemagl /pɾoˈblema/it /proˈblɛ.ma/ | problem | #251 | #259 |
| importantegl /impoɾˈtante/it /im.porˈtan.te/ | important | #359 | #410 |
| campogl /ˈkampo/it /ˈkam.po/ | field | #383 | #721 |
| sanguegl /ˈsaŋɡe/it /ˈsan.ɡwe/ | blood | #402 | #436 |
| presidentegl /pɾesiˈdente/it /pre.siˈdɛn.te/ | president | #439 | #629 |
| forzagl /ˈfɔɾθa/it /ˈfɔr.t͡sa/ | force | #440 | #251 |
| pensagl /ˈpensa/it /ˈpɛnsa/ | to think | #483 | #473 |
| futurogl /fuˈtuɾo/it /fuˈtu.ro/ | future | #502 | #752 |
| famegl [ˈfamɪ]it /ˈfa.me/ | hunger | #544 | #919 |
| durogl [ˈduɾʊ]it /ˈdu.ro/ | hard | #588 | #1,107 |
| librogl /ˈlibɾo/it /ˈli.bro/ | book | #633 | #666 |
| murogl /ˈmuɾo/it /ˈmu.ro/ | wall | #662 | #1,426 |
| fondogl /ˈfondo/it /ˈfon.do/ | deep | #732 | #800 |
| artegl /ˈaɾte/it /ˈar.te/ | art | #817 | #1,415 |
| causagl /ˈkawsa/it /ˈkaw.sa/ | cause | #821 | #616 |
| pontegl /ˈponte/it /ˈpon.te/ | bridge | #843 | #1,750 |
| ventogl /ˈbento/it /ˈvɛn.to/ | wind | #915 | #1,709 |
| novegl /ˈnɔbe/it /ˈnɔ.ve/ | nine | #968 | #1,418 |
| padregl /ˈpadɾe/it /ˈpa.dre/ | father | #1,000 | #158 |
| pensandogl /penˈsando/it /penˈsan.do/ | to think | #1,011 | #740 |
| verdegl /ˈbeɾde/it /ˈver.de/ | green | #1,117 | #1,581 |
| vistogl /ˈbisto/it /ˈvis.to/ | to see | #1,285 | #146 |
| dandogl /ˈdando/it /ˈdan.do/ | to give | #1,481 | #1,704 |
| linguagl /ˈliŋɡwa/it /ˈlin.ɡwa/ | tongue | #1,496 | #1,457 |
| rosagl /ˈrɔsa/it /ˈrɔ.za/ | rose | #1,605 | #1,901 |
| usogl /ˈuso/it /ˈu.zo/ | to use | #1,636 | #1,530 |
| curagl /ˈkuɾa/it /ˈku.ra/ | care | #1,968 | #647 |
| madregl /ˈmadɾe/it /ˈma.dre/ | mother | #1,973 | #198 |
The speaker plays the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a native speaker, so treat it as a guide.
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.