SPANISH .PORTEGEUSE Is it the same language?

Question

Please help solve this arguement... Do spanish people speak the same langauge as portugese as i wondered if they were 2 seperate languages that can understand each other or 2 totally different languages??

Answer 1

It is probably best to consider Spanish and Portuguese as two closely related languages. Although Portuguese speakers can usually understand simple spoken Spanish, the reverse is not true for various linguistic reasons. If understanding is only unidirectional, it is best to consider them two different languages.

Answer 2

Spanish and Portuguese are completely different languages but they both come from Latin (the language that romans spoke) so they are both considered romance languages. In Spain there's also a minority language called Gallician (region above Portugal) that is very similar to Portuguese.

Some romance languages are so similar that people that speak them are able to understand other romance language speakers. Also, learning classic latin helps. I am a native spaniard, studied three years of classic latin and I can read and understand French, Italian and Portuguese

Answer 3

No way. They are different languages with the same common origin, the Latin. However both languages are closer enough to be understood. It is like Italian and Romanian are close (as they say).
By example, I started to Spanish reading at age of 10, all by myself. It looked to me like sort of a misspelled Portuguese.
I'm Brazilian.

By the way, in Spain-Portugal north border they speak Gallician (Galliza's province language) which , unlike some minor differences in espelling, actually looks the same as Portuguese. I could read this without any difficult.

Answer 4

They are not the same, and never say that to a Portuguese, the reaction will not be pleasant.

Both countries are neighboors,Portuguese and Spanish have its origins in latin, as well as italian and french. saying that Portuguese and Spanish are the same, it would be like saying that Italian and French or Italian and Spanish are the same.

By the way, if one language is called Portuguese and the other Spanish, of course they are TWO languages.

As it was said/written before it is easier for Portuguese to understand Spanish that Spanish to understand Portuguese. I don't know the reason for this, but it is true.

Answer 5

My mother language is portuguese. There are many similarities between portuguese and spanish, but loads of words are very different as well. They are two different languages. The funny thig is: most people who speak portuguese can understand a lot of spanish, but people who speak spanish don't normally understand much portuguese. I don't know why.

Answer 6

I am Portuguese from Lisbon and complimenting Liliana's answer (above)... Portuguese and Spanish are two different and separate languages and we are also two separate countries and cultures, remember ! 500 years ago, the Spanish hired a Portuguese to command their round the world expedition -- His name was Fernao de Magalhaes a name which has been a bit loosely translated into F. Magellan. --- Finally, there are 4 latin countries on the planet - PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPANISH and ITALY and that's great.... Latin was the language of the Ancient Romans... so Russell Crowe should have said all that in Latin instead of English, in 'GLADIATOR' ha ha ha

Answer 7

I'm a native spanish speaker, and i can tell u taht both are different, but it doesn 't matter if as me, haven't take portuguese lessons, we can underestand each other because our languages come from the same place:latin. The same happens with italian, but here is a bit harder, with portuguese is so much easier. I always watch portuguese shows, n i didn't need lessons, i understand (from 1-10).....a 9 or 8.7 ^ ^

Answer 8

It has already be stated (True too) that the languages are different. Just because the countries are bordered, it doesn't make the language the same. After all, Spain also borders France!
It is like asking if English and Welsh are the same.
Mind you, in the UK, The Scouse, Cockneys and Geordies all seem to speak different languages and they are all English :)

Answer 9

I speak both languages. They are very similar, but not the same. If you speak Spanish you'll be able to understand a lot of Portuguese. Many words are similar, and of course they both come from Latin.

Answer 10

Spanish and Portuguese are different languages but very close, snce both of them come from vulgar latin.
Both of them can understand eachother to some degree, but beause of Portuguese accent, it is easier for portuguese people to undestand spanish speakers than the other way around