Castilian vs Spanish in south America

Question

What are the difference between Spain Spanish vs south American Spanish I already know vosotros but what are more and what what's the difference in the accent an also I heard Argentinian spanish is different could you please expand on that too

Answer 1

As a South American that worked with Spanish editorials before, I must admit that the differences are not so simple to grasp. Culturally, we think different in the order we communicate our ideas (as every country of course) and the grammar and vocabulary differences are rather plenty as well.

I had a hard time when I used to work as a PR Director even though I was a native speaker, and as of today, I also seem to have difficulty understanding even spanish movies such as: Rec and Orfanato last year.

Si bueno, ¡y deja que veas las "mystery sentence of the night" que Heita publica de vez en cuando, para que veas qué tanto el español de españa es un idioma distinto! ;-) - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

My boyfriend and I are looking for more spanish movies to watch, even though we may feel clueless at times, we love them, they're amazing! :) - ZooZoo, Feb 17, 2011

Answer 2

This gets asked quite a lot. The biggest difference in pronunciation is seseo vs. distinción vs. ceceo, how the C, S and Z are pronounced - Another link. Latin America uses seseo, many places in Spain, particularly the Madrid area, use distinción. That´s not a lisp. They still pronounce the S like and English S, but the soft C and Z like a soft theta.

There´s also a difference in vocabulary, but that´s true between any two given Spanish-speaking areas.

Answer 3

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