Is it true that if i know spanish its very easy to learn Italian and Portuguesse?

Question

I ask becasue whenever i hear both these languages i can sort of understand what they are talking about if they slow down. just curious if anyone has tried to learn these languages and was it hard to learn being it oyur 3rd or 4th language.

Answer 1

i am not a native spanish speaker and I am learning potuguese, spanish and italian at the same time. It is easier because a lot of the words and grammar are similar. for example: spanish- yo me llamo italian- io me chiamo portuguese- eu me chamo.... the only thing is that I always mix up the words. If you are a native speaker it should be easier though.

Answer 2

As a native Spanish speaker my opinion is that knowing Spanish will make to learn Italian and Portuguese much easier, but not very easy. The positive side is that you will learn many common words and common structures. The negative is that you may get confused, especially with verbs. I do speak a decent Italian but I don't speak Portuguese (though I can understand it written and spoken). Just my two cents.

Cheers,

Answer 3

Absolutely.
I'm a fluent Spanish speaker, and I can understand about 75% spoken Portuguese and about 50% spoken Italian, and I can read both languages with no trouble.
Trying to speak Portuguese is kind of tough, though, because they have nasalized vowels and use the back of their throat sometimes (sort of like Spanish with a French accent).

Answer 4

Yes, I found that a lot of the words have the same meaning as in spanish and are pronounced the same... I picked up Italian really fast... and am able to have a conversation in Portuguese.... hope this helps

Answer 5

Yeah. You might catch the grammar very easily for both languages. However, the vocabulary could be a pain on the neck as you may end up mixing up words from the other languages because they are very alike.

Answer 6

The languages are very similar which will make learning the later ones easier for you. However the downside is sometimes you don't remember which word goes with which language since they are so close to one another.

Answer 7

I´m native portuguese speaker, and have always understood spanish without any prior study.

I was able to understand Italian perfectly with 2 months of studies.

Answer 8

The official language of my country is the portuguese (Brazil). If you speak spanish very slowly, the brazilians understand you.

Answer 9

I thought if you knew portuguese you could learn a handful of other languages pretty easily.

Answer 10

well, i think that the portugues and italian are easy to understand. my native language is spanish and when i listen those languages i understand some... What i think is more difficult is to speak those languages... but if you practice the language you are learning it would be easier....
good luck!!