Examples from colloquial French with number of syllables: on (1) = we (1) trop (1) = too (1) assez (2) = quite (1) (this one you could translate a few differ

Examples from colloquial French with number of syllables: on (1) = we (1) trop (1) = too (1) assez (2) = quite (1) (this one you could translate a few different ways including plutôt, pas mal, très, etc...) printemps (2) = spring (1) été (2) = summer (2) hiver (2) = winter (2) on boit (2) = we drink (2) [1] It's also easy to come up with examples where French requires fewer syllables: hier (2) = yesterday (3) demain (2) = tomorrow (3) on se voit (2, possibly 3 if you enunciate carefully) = we see each other (5) So I think your examples from Spanish are kinda cherry-picked. At any rate, I'm not convinced that "number of syllables" is a very useful metric, since English syllables are more complicated and take longer to utter than Spanish ones. [1]: In the formal/standard register this would be "nous buvons" (3 syllables), but in colloquial speech you would hear "on boit" 99% of the time.