Is the Spanish vocabulary in Spain 100% the same as those in Mexcio and America?

Answer 1

No, there is a large difference between the Spanish in Spain, Mexico and America. Any time you have people who speak the same language over long distances (or even on different sides of the same city or country) there will be differences in the way words are pronounced and even the meanings of words. There will be slang in each that is different from the other. Just think of it simply, in England they call an elevator a lift and a flashlight a torch. Those are two out of thousands of differences in the language. Now, Americans can understand a proper English speaker from England but most Americans can not understand the heavy Irish or Scottish accents among other dialects. It's the same for any other language.

Answer 2

Actually most of you are right. But, I wouldnt call it dialect, its just a bit different. If you hear somebody else speaking spanish that it is not from your country, you wll understand everything usually, but there may be a word that is used dffferently. This even happens with people of the same country but different regions. But the difference is slim. You usually understand word out of context, so you dont even have to ask the meaning of it. Also whenever comparing it to American and the "other real" English. I would say is about the same differences, or a little bit more on places like Mexico, Honduras, etc.. who has a lot of Aztec influences.

Answer 3

No. Spanish spoken in the Americas is generally "older" than the Spanish spoken in Spain. Also, Spanish spoken in Mexico has it's own differences to Spanish spoken in Colombia. It's sort of like the differences in English between various regions in the UK, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. We can all understand each other although certain words are uncommon to us and some accents are harder to understand. Panamanians tend to speak really fast, for example.

Answer 4

All the things that all those people have said are true, but what they don't know is that even in Mexico people from other states speak differently than others. If you're from the north side of Mexico, the language is more explicit. Therefore, we have more words. On the other hand, the south side has less advanced words to explain oneself. I can usually tell what state a person comes from by just paying attention to their vocabulary.
And commenting on "hi y'all" 's answer, since we have different expressions in each state, we sometimes aren't clear on the excact meaning of what the other one is trying to say. We also have different accents. I'm from Chihuahua, Mexico(just below Arizona) and my Spanish is far more educated, and I emphasise the "ch" sound more than most people.

Answer 5

There are slight differences.

Per example, English spoken in the U.S. is not the same as the one spoken on England or Australia. They have different expressions and a dialect. Non the less, we could all understand each other.

Same goes for French, which is mostly associated with France, however, it is also spoken in the province of Quebec in Canada, and numerous other countries as the main spoken language and they all use different expressions and dialects / accents.

While the writing remains the same, each country has adopted the language to their cultural needs and surroundings.

Answer 6

absolutely not!! In spain they use the vosotros tense (informal plural- as in the spanish bible) and each coutry's dialect is totally different with different meanings of words and slang, but based off the same (like new englanders say wicked and southerners have a drawl and speak super slow)

Answer 7

The answer is no. I have a friend who lives in Spain and is a translator by profession.

The truth is everywhere people speak Spanish just as everywhere people speak English it is a bit different.

It can be difficult from someone from Argentina for example to understand someone from Spain.

Answer 8

No at all! The general vocabulary is pretty similar but slang and certain words just mean different things in different places. For example "coger" in Spain and Puerto Rico means "to carry/take/hold" that kind of thing, while in Mexico and surrounding places it means "to f*ck". Also, people in Spain use "Guay" to mean cool while people in Mexico use "Padre o Chido" to mean cool. It's pretty different.

Answer 9

Every latin american country has their own dialect of spanish. Its spanish but some words are different than what mexicans, puerto ricans, colombians, costa rican, etc. use. You can have a conversation with a Spaniard and understand it though completely if you are hispanic.

Answer 10

No, we speak the same language and we use the same words, but sometimes change the meaning, I'm Spanish, and sometimes I have problems to understand what Mexicans want to say, especially when they're insulting someone...