is south american spanish, same as spanish, spanish?

Answer 1

There are certain differences but is is basically the same language. If you can speak Spanish you will certainly be understood in S/America.

Answer 2

Brazil is the only South American country that has Portugese as its main language. All the others speak Spanish. But it isn't quite the same as Spain's Spanish. In Spain, there is an extra verb declension - vosotros- which doesn't occur in Mexican and South American Spanish. It's a less formal version of 'you'.
There are a few minor differences in phraseology and in idioms, but other than the extra verb declension, the main difference is the accent. Just like the English-speaking world, each of the South American and Mexican areas have their own accent, which is quite different from Spain, which also has its own regional accents. Castillian, which is regarded as the 'purest' dialect, doesn't pronounce the 's' in words, but uses a 'th' instead.

Answer 3

Spanish will be a little different everywhere you go. Spain Spanish is what you learn in school and South American Spanish will be very close to that.

Answer 4

Mostly, as with all Spanish speaking countries there are regional differences. The main difference though between south American Spanish and European Spanish is that they hardly use the lisp so a s and z for example are pronounced as in English.
Only in Brazil do they speak Portuguese.

Answer 5

Grammatically, it is the same.

The difference stands in the speed of the speech. In Spain, they speak extremely fast. In South America, they speak at a same speed than in English or French.

So South American Spanish is easier to understand when you start learning this language.

Answer 6

There are differences as in Spain there are different dialects, Valenciano & Castellano, for example. Most S. American countries do speak some spanish but lots also speak portugese, which when written looks similar to spanish, but the spoken word is very different sounding

Answer 7

Similar but there are differences. Mainland spanish is called 'Castilliano'. The Canary islanders speak with a more south american dialect.

Answer 8

The spanish (from spain) will say no, but it sounds the same to me.

Answer 9

It is similar, but different enough to have two seperate learning programs by Rosetts Stone software (the best language software in the world IMO)

If you want to be taken for a fool in Mexico, say "hola" instead of "buenas" as an example. I wouldn't take the risk of being thought of as a stupid gringo who wishes to part with their money easily, but that may just be me. However, it is likely if you spoke Mexican in Spain, that you may be seen as a lesser educated fool who cannot speak properly. *shrug* It depends on what your goal is, really.

You will be understood wherever you go however. *smile*

Answer 10

If I am not mistaken, S.America is more Portuguese than Spanish, in terms of language spoken.