Differences between Spain Spanish and South American Spanish???

Question

First of all I know that the accent is different. However, when I've been doing translating work I was very confused in that in a book I was reading it stated, 'Soy una morsa viviente' which initially means 'I am a living walrus'. However, in the contents it made no sense. So I asked on yahoo and some person told me in South American Spanish that it means 'I have an ease to sleep' or something similar too that. And I'm confused in that it's so different. But that last sentence there (about sleep) made sense in what I was reading.

http://blog.esl-languages.com/blog/destinations-worldwide/latin-america/differences-latin-american-spanish-spanish-spain/ - SariaStephens, May 21, 2015

I found this if that will help - SariaStephens, May 21, 2015

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Thanks for your link too, Saria. :) - rac1, May 21, 2015

Answer 1

This is one of those questions that get asked at least once a week, so if wish to do a search, using the "Search" feature in the answers main page, you can find lots of answers. I have added a couple of links below that will help.

Spanish from Spain vs Latin American Spanish

Spanish of Spain vs Latin America

Also, these links.

Spanish Dialects and Varieties

Latin American Spanish and peninsular

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Hola Ian. xo - rac1, May 22, 2015