Spanish Accents Broken Down by a Latino
Take a funny journey across Spanish speaking countries. In this video, we break down the different Spanish accents of Latin America and Europe. What accent do you think is the best? The Sexiest? The funniest? The most clear?
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Learn how to recognize and understand different accents. Understand why Hondurans have so many words that start with CH, the influence of indigenous languages in Bolivian Spanish, why 90% of people in Paraguay are bilingual, and the power. Are you ready to impress your friends in your next trip, or Spanish class?

To Recap: We feature accents from: Honduras, Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador

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We start with Honduras
The catracho people. That’s how we call hondureños a very particular way of speaking… They have a significant use of vos instead of tu. They say they use it for maximum familiarity, so to me they are a bit confianzudo. They are friends with everybody. Catrachos also changing some sounds, so like many countries they sometimes drop the s and make it j, como estaj?
And sometimes they drop the d at the end of the words.
I would say Honduran accent is very clear, maybe more clear than Colombian… What am I saying??? They have very particular expressions that almost always go with ch. Chuco is dirty, Chepos are the cops, chingo is when a piece of clothing is too small, estar chorreado (tener miedo) Maje!!! . A fun fact about Honduras. Did you know that Honduras has the 2nd largest coral reef in the world after the great barrier reef in Australia? It is shared with other countries but it sounds really cool.




Now we move to Bolivia! And guys when people ask me about my favorite place when I travelled south America, I have to say Bolivia. It was literally like being in another planet. There were salt deserts that make the planet look like a mirror and red lakes… anyways. Bolivia has many regional accents that are very unique but for the foreign ear hard to distinguish. Two things characterize Bolivian Spanish the influence of indigenous languages like Quechua and Aymara, and their unique expressions. A big percentage of Bolivia does not have Spanish as a first language and some words have entered the language. For example, they say estar kh’encha (to have bad luck), ch’aqui (hangover), and my personal favorite (kh'orotón) Idiot.
They also have very particular expressions like cojudo another way of saying idiot (You can tell how advanced a civilization is by how many ways they can say idiot) and the legendary YAAAAAAA from la paz. And I am going to ask bolivians… what does that mean.. They say ot all the time. Yaaaa. You get into a bus in La Paz and it is like YAAAAA YAAAAA


Now Let’s talk about Paraguay… Not a lot of people know much about Paraguay… It is a fascinating place. It is one of the only countries in the world where almost the entire population is fully bilingual. 90% of people speak Guarani and Spanish. And the mix is evident. And even more than Bolivians they switch back and forth between Gurani and Spanish, a mix called Jopará, they way a lot of Latino Immigrant switch in Spanish and English.
Sometimes Paraguayans sound like Argentinian that moved out of the country and developed a foreign accent. So they use vos like argentinians, they have a slightly different sound for the Y LL, Argentinians say She, they say JE and they also have a rolling of the r’s that is different like in between an English speaker and a Spanish speaker from another country. They also seem to be less italicize and deeper than Argentinians. Correct me if I am wrong, Paraguayans! :)

And even more than Bolivians they switch back and forth between Guarani and Spanish, a mix called Jopará, they way a lot of Latino Immigrant switch in Spanish and English.

Another fun fact about Paraguay is that in the mid 1800 Paraguay lost a war to Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil that almost decimated the population. Although it is contended they say they lost 60% of the population and 90% of the males. Apparently this caused a change in the dating dynamics of the country where polygamy became the norm and incentive European immigration, making it a country with mostly European descendants.


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