Can Americans distinguish among the various latinamerican accents (mexican, venezuela, argentinian, etc.)?

Answer 1

I don't know about the rest of America, but I can tell if a person is Puerto Rican, Mexican, Colombian, Peruvian, or Brazilian. Not one of those groups actually sound the same when they speak Spanish.

I can even distinguish whether a Puerto Rican was born in Puerto Rico or New York. I can tell if a Mexican is from the west coast or from certain parts of Mexico and/or Midwest U.S. However, most understand me when I speak the Spanish that I was taught in my N.J. school.

Answer 2

Not as well as we can between English accents in various regions of the US, but, yeah, it's possible.

I learned my Spanish living in Mexico and Spanish speakers from countries other than Mexico pick up on my "Mexican" accent right away. I have a hard time distinguishing Venezuelan from Mexican, but Cuban and Puerto Rican Spanish are easily recognized. The one that is most apparent to me is Argentine Spanish. Their "s" seems extremely aspirated to me, almost like they don't completely form the sound before completing the word. But, it's also very beautifully articulated and there are very subtle nuances of Italian and Continental Spanish mixed in. At least, that's how I hear it.

After many years of working with native Mexicans, I can tell if a Mexican is from central Mexico (arribeno) or from the Gulf area (costeno). And, those from Yucatan have a distinctive and slower manner of speech. Nortenos tend to have a lot of English cognates mixed in with their vocabulary.

I think accents and dialects are really cool.

Answer 3

nicely, to be user-friendly you're ignorant besides. to signify that Latin individuals all talk Spanish isn't in basic terms incorrect, this is a a approaches way off from the certainty. the main populated united states of america in all of Latin united statesa., working example, speaks Portuguese. yet I sympathize with the certainty that many individuals recognize little concerning our friends to the south. maximum think of "Mexican," "Latino," or "Hispanic" are racial communities to be user-friendly. the certainty is that Mexican is a nationality, Latino ability to be from Latin united statesa., and Hispanic is an ethnic term to indicate people who're from Spanish-talking cultures. None of them have any style of racial connotation by any ability.

Answer 4

It is difficult. I had a spanish teacher who spoke fluently in all types of spanish. He would mix it up in our class and I would never have known. It is because I never hear it though. I can tell if it is Mexican or not. Thats about it.

Answer 5

nope, not only can I not recognize the accent, but neither do I recognize the skin tone or body shape, or height.
well, maybe sometimes yes but very rarely

Answer 6

Most cannot.

Answer 7

Probably some can, some can't.

Answer 8

not really.