Can Spanish speakers understand all other Spanish speakers?

Question

For example if you learned Spanish in Mexico, can you easily understand from Spain? Or Puerto Rico? Or anywhere else?

Answer 1

The fundamental answer is "yes." A native (first language) speaker from any hispanohablante country will understand someone from another country as well as an American will understand an English, Scottish, Welsh, Australian or New Zealand person. OK - there will be times when you may have to ask, "What do you mean by that?" But 99% or so will be immediately comprehensible.

I'm talking about educated people - clearly, slang terms will be different.

Answer 2

I would say yes, but Spain has some spanish words that are slighty different from other spanish speaking countries. I know that Spain can understand any spanish word that is different but I don't know about places such as Mexico. Spain knows the other spanish words so they will understand you.

Answer 3

Yes, I'm a native Spanish speaker, I understand, but when someone don't use "slang", example in Argentina, Spain and Mexico are used different "slang"..

Answer 4

Yes, but like in English, there are variations that might make it somewhat difficult to understand. There are slang differences and different pronunciations that might slip another speaker up.

In America, it's difficult for a say, Southerner to understand a person from Australia because of the differences in dialect.

Answer 5

You understand english from Britain,Australia or Canada?...Well it is the same thing with Spanish. The language is one and each country has some regional words just the same way it happens with English and the other english speakin countries.

It is all the same thing. No mystery

Answer 6

Not really. To certain people it might be rather difficult, because although the language is the same, the tones,accents, words, etc. might not (or are not) the same. For example, the english in U.S.A is not the same as the English in the U.K, Australia, South Africa or Jamaica(it also depends from what part you are from...northern american english differs greatly from southern american english thus it is hard to comprehend) hope this helps :) btw..(there is no such thing as speaking mexican....)

Answer 7

I live here in Puerto Rico and the Spanish here in some ways is basic in other Spanish speaking countries, there are words, pronuciations and accents that will change.
In Spain the letters such as -s- is pronounced -th- example: salsa is sauce in Spain it is -thalsa- the -th- is pronounced in place of the s.
There are some words I can give examples of but YAHOO will block me but here is one that I'll try to give you.
We had a friend of ours from Chile over for dinner on night fixing our old computer because that is his job. When we sat to eat, I offered him some sliced avocatos. when I said slice in the Spanish from here, he looked at me in shock. Then he explained that the word slice that we use here is offensive in Chile. We say bebe for baby in Mexico they say -guagua- and guagua here in Puerto Rico is bus. So, there is a difference. Another is in Mexico the slang for money is "lana" we say here "billetes". Another example. I was in a caffeteria ordering a sandwich and a Puertorrican woman asked the man who is domincan to give here a bag of "chicharrones" or fried pork rinds, he kept on searching because he did not know what that was. She told him a long explanation and finally he found it. Also here we say "biscocho" for cake in Mexico they say "torta" and "torta" here is when you make a house and you bring in the cement mixers to pour the cement to make the "roof" which is also "techo".
So, each Spanish speaking country is a bit different, but still some things are understandable. Hope this helped you out.

Answer 8

The Spanish itself is the same... different Spanish speaking countries have different accents. so it makes it sound very different but if you learn the basics you would be fine speaking with anyone in Spanish.

Answer 9

sometimes cuz diffrent plces may tlk fast or use slag that u dont know or have wierd accent or if spanish is ur 2nd languge u may confuse spanish and english its just depends ho u are and how u learned it

Answer 10

they don't speak spanish in mexico they speak mexican. they only speak spanish in spain!