This illustrated guide shows how challenging it is to speak Spanish
When someone invites you to visit a Spanish speaking country, you’ll have to be careful with the words you choose to say “yes, I’d love to”.
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3 min readOct 11, 2016
Or to decline the offer.
Even everyday foods have regional variations.
Forget about simply saying “great”. You’ll have to learn the local way of celebrating an idea or stating how good something is.
Maybe this is the reason why love matters are so “complicated” and telenovelas exist in real life too.
No, people are not talking nonsense…
And it doesn’t have to do with how much alcohol they drink.
The reason why you can’t understand is not related to how smart or dumb you are…
It’s just that dealing with regionalisms is hard. You have to “bust your ass” to master local slang.
You can find differences in all kind of vocabulary: from the adjetives you use to describe people…
To the clothes you wear daily!
Truth is you will quickly find a friend willing to help you learn their version of Spanish…
Most likely, the Spanish lessons will also include the local way of saying “amigo”.
Read this article in Spanish here.
Originally published at matadornetwork.com.
