Spanish: Contestar

Type: False Friends

False Cognate: to contest

Meaning: to answer, to express disagreement or opposition to

Cuando el jefe les preguntó a los empleados qué opinaban de su plan, nadie quiso contestarle. Pero después de hablar con el representante del sindicato, la mayoría decidió contester de manera formal. (When the boss asked the employees what they thought of his plan, no one wanted to answer him. But after speaking to their union representative, most of them decided to launch a formal protest.)