do people from different spanish speaking countries have different accents?

Question

i dont really know, since i am not fluent in spanish, but ive noticed that english speakers from different regions have distinct accents, northern states, southern states, jamaica, england, canada, ireland, scotland wales, australia. would there be a distinction between a mexican accent, verses a spanish accent?

Answer 1

Yes they do. Argentina is very different from Mexico which are both very different from Spain. A lot of other countries have particular regional accents which might be a little harder for an English-speaking person to notice. There are also different dialects within Spain, similar to some of the different English dialects and vocabulary we would find in the United Kingdom.

Answer 2

Yes, almost every spanish speaking nation has our special accent. In large countries there regional differences in tone or accent too; same as you stated about southern american english vs northen states american english.

Answer 3

When I took Spanish in an upper Midwest USA high school, we were briefed on different pronunciations in Spanish Spanish and Mexican Spanish - a whole set of variations.

Answer 4

Yes, there is a significant difference in the pronunciation as well as the meaning and existence of some words. Its the equivalent of British English being compared to American English. There are some words such as "bloke" (in brittain) that means "man" in America.

Answer 5

Yep, different accents and dialects. My Venezuelan buddies talk about how Mexican some one speaks. My Mexican Buddies talk about Puerto Ricans. I just have one buddy from Peru, and he talks about everybody, but he acts really stuck up. My other friends don't like him for some reason. Most Spanish speaking folks I've met all talk bad about Mexicans. I don't get it, but they don't like Mexican people for some reason. My buddies from Mexico and the guys from Venezuela are always arguing, nothing serious, just we're better at this and that.

Answer 6

Yes. (Wow! An intelligent question. How refreshing!)

Spanish speakers in Spain tend to speak more quietly, not just in volume but more softly, putting more attention on vowels than consonants. They also use a "lisp" for certain words with an "s" or "s" sound or a "d" in the middle like "catha" for "casa"," grathias" for "gracias" and "natha" for "nada." Latinos, by contrast, tend to be louder and place more emphasis on consonants, like "r." Latinos also don't use the "lisp." However, Argentinians, I have heard, tend to speak Spanish more like Spaniards than Latinos.

Mexicans tend to have a "sing song" or "whine" kind of accent with the sentence ending on a high note like a question. Puerto Ricans tend to chop word endings or leave certain consonants out of some words like "mimo" instead of "mismos."

Answer 7

They can not only have different accents, but they can have vocabulary variations too.

Answer 8

Si! For example in Spain corazon sounds like CORATHONG and in Mexico it sounds like CORAZON.

Answer 9

Yes, and very often, different vocabulary too.