It’s true that they are both Romance languages, which means they are derived from Latin.
There are tons of similar vocabulary between two languages.
Now, do you know there are also many vocabulary which are exactly same spelling in Spanish and Italian?
Here you will find more than 45 examples of same words.
| English | Spanish | Italian |
| Yes. | Sí. | Sì. |
| No. | No. | No. |
| moon | luna | luna |
| sky | cielo | cielo |
| lake | lago | lago |
| cool | fresco | fresco |
| shy | tímido | timido |
| serious | serio | serio |
| selfish | egoísta | egoista |
| sad | triste | triste |
| elephant | elefante | elefante |
| spring | primavera | primavera |
| March | Marzo | marzo |
| August | Agosto | agosto |
| one | uno | uno |
| house | casa | casa |
| book | libro | libro |
| telephone | teléfono | telefono |
| Post-it note | Post-it | Post-it |
| wine | vino | vino |
| tea | té | tè |
| ketchup | ketchup | ketchup |
| vegetarian | vegetariano | vegetariano |
| hotel | hotel | hotel |
| photographer | fotógrafo | fotografo |
| singer | cantante | cantante |
| high | alto | alto |
| slow | lento | lento |
| hard | duro | duro |
| xylophone | xilófono | xilofono |
| harmonica | armónica | armonica |
| puzzle | puzzle | puzzle |
| recipient | destinatario | destinatario |
| trouble | problema | problema |
| France | Francia | Francia |
| Italy | Italia | Italia |
| Korea | Corea | Corea |
| India | India | India |
| Canada | Canadá | Canada |
| Italian | italiano | italiano |
| Korean | coreano | coreano |
| Turkish | turco | turco |
| continent | continente | continente |
| Europe | Europa | Europa |
| Asia | Asia | Asia |
| Africa | África | Africa |
| Oceania | Oceanía | Oceania |
*Accents can be different.
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