Latin Spanish vs Normal Spanish

Question

How significant are the differences in the spanish spoken in South America to in Spain ?

Answer 1

They have no trouble communicating with one another. Think of all the different accents in English. If you are fluent in English, somebody would really have to be "slingin' some slang" (I just made that up.) for you to not understand. I've been told it's similar with Spanish only not as bad, because there isn't "as much" slang.

Answer 2

Countries such as Mexico have different vocabulary and is sometimes not understood by other spanish speakers. Spain uses verbs in the vosotros form unlike other countries.

Answer 3

The first difference is the accent. Some words and slang too, but anyway in normal conversation we understand the another very well.

Also, each countrie of latin america have a different accent for example people from argentina and uruguay like to use "vos" instead of "tú".

Answer 4

Its 'spanish' spanish.

Answer 5

And spanish people pronounce the letter V as B. For example 'vamos' is pronounced as 'vamos' in Mexico but 'bamos' in Spain.

Whe dont have any difference to pronunce "V" or "B". I'm from peru and all days i talk with spanish people (from spain) in my work and we pronunce both similar. - darkgrr, Mar 3, 2012

Answer 6

www.miracine.com offers free streaming movies in Castellano (Spain) and Latino (Latin America). You'll be able to note some differences immediately....

Answer 7

And this site is in which type?

You can find examples from all over. Focus on non-slang communication. It is mostly universal. The similarities far outweigh the differences. - ciscocaja, Mar 3, 2012

For now, you will sound like Spanish is your second language to whatever native Spanish speaker you communicate with. You'll make a ton of mistakes. The differences in dialects will be simple to learn by the time your accent starts to matter to anyone. - ciscocaja, Mar 3, 2012

Ok thank you! :) - student-bo, Mar 3, 2012