What makes Chilean Spanish different?

Chilean Spanish dialects have distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usages that differ from those of standard Spanish. The Royal Spanish Academy recognizes 2,214 words and idioms exclusively or mainly produced in Chilean Spanish, in addition to many still unrecognized slang expressions.

How is Argentinian Spanish different?

The main difference between the Spanish spoken in Argentina, mainly the Rioplatense dialect, and other dialects of Spanish is a syntactic rule. In Argentina, they use “voseo” instead of “tuteo”. The “voseo” is the use of the pronoun “vos” for verbal forms in the second person.

What kind of Spanish do Chileans speak?

Spanish is the most widely spoken language in Chile. The variant of Spanish spoken in the country is Chilean Spanish. It is a dialect of Spanish that is significantly different from the Castilian variant of Spanish, but is similar in pronunciation to the Andalusian Spanish. About 14 million Chileans speak the language.

What are some characteristics of Argentine Spanish?

Accent and pronunciation

• Speed – Argentine’s tend to speak a fair bit faster than their Latin American neighbors, a challenge at first but the ear becomes accustomed fairly quickly.
• Lack of lisp – People who are familiar with Spanish from Spain will notice there is no lisp present in the Argentine accent.

Does Argentinian Spanish sound like Italian?

Yes, the Spanish spoken in the area of the Rio de la Plata (Rioplatense) is more similar to Italian language than any other language in the Spanish speaking areas.

What is an Argentine accent?

Rioplatense Spanish (/ˌriːoʊpləˈtɛnseɪ/), also known as Rioplatense Castilian, is a variety of Spanish spoken mainly in and around the Río de la Plata Basin of Argentina and Uruguay. This dialect is often spoken with an intonation resembling that of the Neapolitan language of Southern Italy, but there are exceptions.

What race is Chilean?