As an English and Spanish speaker, there are many words that are spelt the same in English and in Spanish but the pronunciation is different and they either mean the same thing or could mean something totally different. Growing up speaking both of the languages, mainly English, I would get confused and assume that it’s the same pronunciation in Spanish and my mom would teach me the difference. For example, the word “chocolate”, spelled the same in both languages but different pronunciation. In English it’s “chak – liht” and its IPA is “tʃak – lɪt”. In Spanish it’s “choh – koh – lah – teh” and its IPA is “tʃo – ko – la – te”.