The Differences in Spanish Across the World

Different countries, different accents and even vocabulary

There are various accents that make Spanish sound very different from country to country. It is a very different experience to listen to somebody with the accent and intonation of an Argentine than to a Spaniard from Madrid. The Spanish of Nicaragua is also different from that of Chile or Bolivia. They change accents, tones, words. The differences are probably more pronounced for people who speak a degree of Spanish themselves. From the video below, you can see various native Spanish-speakers struggle imitating each other’s accents which they find funny and puzzling.