Catalan vs Czech: 300 Words That Are Nearly Identical

If you already know some Catalan, a good deal of Czech vocabulary looks less foreign than you might expect — and the reverse holds too. Catalan grew out of Latin, while Czech has taken in a large stock of international words from Latin, Greek and other European languages, so many everyday nouns end up looking almost the same in both: Catalan doctor and Czech doktor, Catalan informació and Czech informace, Catalan president and Czech prezident. This page sets such pairs side by side, so you can see the patterns for yourself instead of treating every word as brand new.

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Catalan vs Czech: 300 Words That Are Nearly Identical: the list

#EnglishCatalanCzech
1car auto auto
2doctor doctor doktor
3minute minut minuta
4lady dama dáma
5police policia policie
6agent agent agent
7sex sexe sex
8information informació informace
9film film film
10mom mama máma
11drugs droga droga
12moment moment moment
13president president prezident
14test test test
15planet planeta planeta
16bomb bomba bomba
17patient pacient pacient
18sexy sexy sexy
19client client klient
20address adreça adresa
21idiot idiota idiot
22energy energia energie
23princess princesa princezna
24program programa program
25gay gay gay
26scene escena scéna
27aunt tieta teta
28form forma forma
29club club klub
30map mapa mapa
31laboratory laboratori laboratoř
32hotel hotel hotel
33colleague colega kolega
34university universitat univerzita
35restaurant restaurant restaurace
36immunity immunitat imunita
37pizza pizza pizza
38internet internet internet
39alcohol alcohol alkohol
40bar bar bar
41pilot pilot pilot
42ball baló bál
43band banda banda
44inspector inspector inspektor
45minister ministre ministr
46talent talent talent
47history història historie
48uniform uniforme uniforma
49park parc park
50taxi taxi taxík
51politics política politika
52federal federal federální
53hall hall hala
54concert concert koncert
55senator senador senátor
56block bloc blok
57official oficial oficiální
58model model model
59legend llegenda legenda
60technology tecnologia technologie
61symbol símbol symbol
62motive motiu motiv
63modern modern moderní
64terrorist terrorista terorista
65fantastic fantàstic fantastický
66virus virus virus
67culture cultura kultura
68manager manager manažer
69generation generació generace
70activity activitat aktivita
71romantic romàntic romantický
72magic màgia magie
73instinct instint instinkt
74medicine medicina medicína
75radio ràdio rádio
76role rol role
77title títol titul
78assistant assistenta asistent
79identity identitat identita
80negative negativa negativní
81heart attack infart infarkt
82album àlbum album
83extra extra extra
84robot robot robot
85email email e-mail
86atmosphere atmosfera atmosféra
87tip tip tip
88penis penis penis
89sport esport sport
90chaos caos chaos
91palace palau palác
92throne tron trůn
93alarm alarma alarm
94experiment experiment experiment
95central central centrální
96whisky whisky whisky
97humor humor humor
98candidate candidat kandidát
99disk disc disk
100mathematics matemàtica matematika
101vodka vodka vodka
102motel motel motel
103tone toni tón
104organs òrgan orgán
105priority prioritat priorita
106text text text
107lawyer advocat advokát
108post post pošta
109term termini termín
110festival festival festival
111zombie zombi zombie
112drama drama drama
113protocol protocol protokol
114secretary secretària sekretářka
115tragedy tragèdia tragédie
116battery bateria baterka
117golf golf golf
118ritual ritual rituál
119tires pneumàtic pneumatika
120black black black
121alliance aliança aliance
122vest vest vesta
123clan clan klan
124popular popular populární
125baseball baseball baseball
126sector sector sektor
127alpha alfa alfa
128therapy teràpia terapie
129phase fase fáze
130paranoid paranoide paranoidní
131fashion moda móda
132helicopter helicòpter helikoptéra
133series sèrie série
134reporter repòrter reportér
135generator generador generátor
136congress congrés kongres
137tank tanc tank
138character caràcter charakter
139revolution revolució revoluce
140strategy estratègia strategie
141biological biològic biologický
142prostitute prostituta prostitutka
143structure estructura struktura
144beast bèstia bestie
145genetic genètic genetický
146gallery galeria galerie
147microphone micròfon mikrofon
148debate debat debata
149compliment compliment kompliment
150author autor autor
151galaxy galàxia galaxie
152general general generální
153reputation reputació reputace
154burger burger burger
155module mòdul modul
156economy economia ekonomika
157centimeters centímetre centimetr
158gangster gàngster gangster
159race raça rasa
160incident incident incident
161tempo tempo tempo
162federation federació federace
163trauma trauma trauma
164trophy trofeu trofej
165gesture gest gesto
166irony ironía ironie
167cartel càrtel kartel
168absolute absolut absolutní
169authority autoritat autorita
170shed borda bouda
171elegant elegant elegantní
172melody melodia melodie
173energetic energètic energetický
174part part part
175hot hot hot
176therapist terapeuta terapeut
177calendar calendari kalendář
178limousine limusina limuzína
179lemonade llimonada limonáda
180dvd dvd dvd
181air aire air
182embassy ambaixada ambasáda
183democracy democràcia demokracie
184original original originální
185banana banana banán
186barman bàrman barman
187institute institut institut
188cent cent cent
189diet dieta dieta
190glory glòria glorie
191literature literatura literatura
192vice president vicepresident viceprezident
193detector detector detektor
194emotional emocional emocionální
195radar radar radar
196argument argument argument
197mafia màfia mafie
198web web web
199probe sonda sonda
200specialty especialitat specialita
201gin gin gin
202senate senat senát
203software software software
204regime règim režim
205yoga ioga jóga
206monitor monitor monitor
207brandy brandy brandy
208ego ego ego
209gasoline benzina benzín
210quarantine quarantena karanténa
211semester semestre semestr
212marijuana marihuana marihuana
213idea idea idea
214logic lògica logika
215principle principi princip
216lottery loteria loterie
217astronaut astronauta astronaut
218photographer fotògraf fotograf
219ballet ballet balet
220mine mina mina
221panel panell panel
222philosophy filosofia filozofie
223discipline disciplina disciplína
224tequila tequila tequila
225magnetic magnètic magnetický
226altar altar oltář
227adrenaline adrenalina adrenalin
228telegram telegrama telegram
229parliament parlament parlament
230seminar seminari seminář
231karma karma karma
232artifact artefacte artefakt
233risk risc risk
234protest protesta protest
235portal portal portál
236course curs kurs
237reactor reactor reaktor
238villa villa vila
239potential potencial potenciální
240bunker bunker bunkr
241blog blog blog
242goal gol gól
243rubber goma guma
244sms sms sms
245tennis tennis tenis
246echo eco echo
247dramatic dramàtic dramatický
248celebrity celebritat celebrita
249pony poni poník
250vagina vagina vagina
251jazz jazz jazz
252biology biologia biologie
253hacker hacker hacker
254inspiration inspiració inspirace
255digital digital digitální
256phrase frase fráze
257metaphor metàfora metafora
258mini mini mini
259epidemic epidèmia epidemie
260parasite paràsit parazit
261stage etapa etapa
262image imatge image
263amateur amateur amatér
264karate karate karate
265motivation motivació motivace
266automatic automàtic automatický
267organism organisme organismus
268sushi sushi sushi
269primitive primitiva primitivní
270sentimental sentimental sentimentální
271autograph autògraf autogram
272soda soda soda
273favor favor favor
274definition definició definice
275tobacco tabac tabák
276tendency tendència tendence
277anomaly anomalia anomálie
278legendary llegendari legendární
279clone clon klon
280veterinarian veterinari veterinář
281aspirin aspirina aspirin
282continent continent kontinent
283sum suma suma
284barrier barrera bariéra
285expedition expedició expedice
286hangar hangar hangár
287specialist especialista specialista
288drone dron dron
289status estatus status
290ramp rampa rampa
291millionaire milionària milionář
292ambulance ambulància ambulance
293harmony harmonia harmonie
294secret secret secret
295standard estendard standard
296simulation simulació simulace
297grill grill gril
298photo foto foto
299baron baró baron
300campus campus kampus

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Frequently asked questions

What does 'nearly identical' mean on this list?

It means the Catalan and Czech words for the same English meaning are either spelled exactly the same, like agent (Catalan agent / Czech agent), or differ by only a letter or two, like client vs klient and adreça vs adresa.

Why do two such different languages share so many words?

Most of these pairs are not inherited from a common ancestor but borrowed: older items come from Latin and Greek, and newer ones are modern international words that both languages adopted, such as film, test and sexy.

Do I need to type accents correctly in the flashcards?

No. Vocab Voyage forgives accents when you type your answer, so a missing accent on a word like informació will not cost you progress and you can concentrate on the spelling of the Catalan word itself.

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