What are english counterparts?

English counterparts are like best friends that live in other languages, they do similar jobs but wear different clothes.

Imagine you're playing with your toys and say “I want to go outside.” In Spanish, you might say “Quiero salir afuera.” The word “want” in English has a best friend in Spanish called “querer.” That’s what we mean by counterparts, words that have the same meaning or job in different languages.

Think of it like this: you and your friend both love to draw. You use crayons, and your friend uses colored pencils. Even though you use different tools, you’re both doing the same job, drawing! In this case, crayons and colored pencils are like counterparts.

So when we talk about English counterparts, we're just saying: “This word in another language is like a best friend to this English word, they mean almost the same thing!”