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Argentine Spanish
Like England’s English versus the United States or Canada’s English, Argentine Spanish has many differences with Spain’s Spanish and from the Spanish spoken in Argentina’s surrounding Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
Buenos Aires and Uruguay especially speak what is called “River Plate Spanish” due to the proximity to the Rio de la Plata and the dominant use of the vos construction over the tu form for the second person singular.
Differences vs Classic Spanish
Instead of the classic Spanish tu to say “you,” Argentineans (mostly in Buenos Aires) say “vos” (though using tu is still understood). For example, instead of saying tu tienes ... read more
Argentine Slang
nfardo, or slang, is common to hear walking along the streets of Buenos Aires. Linguists believe that the term lunfardo may come from the Italian word lombardo, what many Italians called petty thieves ... read more
Pronouncing the Double L
In most Spanish-speaking countries, one pronounces the double “L” like a “Y” sound; however, in Argentina the “LL” and “Y” are pronounced with a “ ... read more
Italian Influence
Due to Argentina’s Italian influence, many Argentineans say chau (from the Italian ciao) instead of adios to say “good-bye.” Much of the lunfardo comes from Italian. For example, the ... read more
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