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Vocabulary: Spain vs Latin America (coche vs carro, móvil vs celular, zumo vs jugo)",null,{"type":49,"value":50,"toc":670},"minimark",[51,56,60,65,77,434,438,441,525,529,532,576,584,588,628,632,646,650],[52,53,55],"h1",{"id":54},"spain-vs-latin-america-the-vocabulary-that-changes","Spain vs Latin America: the vocabulary that changes",[57,58,59],"p",{},"There is no single correct Spanish. Half a billion people speak it across two dozen countries, and the most ordinary words - car, phone, juice, bus, potato - split between Spain and Latin America, and often between one Latin American country and the next. This is not a maze to fear. It is exactly the British-lift-versus-American-elevator situation, and nobody is wrong. Kilo Lingo teaches a broadly neutral base and then flags the swaps, because whichever variety you meet first, you will bump into the others soon enough.",[61,62,64],"h2",{"id":63},"the-big-table","The big table",[57,66,67,68,72,73,76],{},"The left column is the everyday ",[69,70,71],"strong",{},"Spain"," word. The right column gives the common ",[69,74,75],{},"Latin American"," alternatives, which vary by country.",[78,79,80,95],"table",{},[81,82,83],"thead",{},[84,85,86,90,92],"tr",{},[87,88,89],"th",{},"Concept",[87,91,71],{},[87,93,94],{},"Latin America \u002F varies",[96,97,98,119,139,154,169,184,208,223,241,260,276,293,308,326,345,360,379,397,415],"tbody",{},[84,99,100,104,109],{},[101,102,103],"td",{},"car",[101,105,106],{},[69,107,108],{},"coche",[101,110,111,114,115,118],{},[69,112,113],{},"carro"," (Mexico, Colombia), ",[69,116,117],{},"auto"," (Argentina, Chile)",[84,120,121,124,129],{},[101,122,123],{},"computer",[101,125,126],{},[69,127,128],{},"ordenador",[101,130,131,134,135,138],{},[69,132,133],{},"computadora",", ",[69,136,137],{},"computador"," (Andes)",[84,140,141,144,149],{},[101,142,143],{},"mobile phone",[101,145,146],{},[69,147,148],{},"móvil",[101,150,151],{},[69,152,153],{},"celular",[84,155,156,159,164],{},[101,157,158],{},"potato",[101,160,161],{},[69,162,163],{},"patata",[101,165,166],{},[69,167,168],{},"papa",[84,170,171,174,179],{},[101,172,173],{},"juice",[101,175,176],{},[69,177,178],{},"zumo",[101,180,181],{},[69,182,183],{},"jugo",[84,185,186,189,194],{},[101,187,188],{},"bus",[101,190,191],{},[69,192,193],{},"autobús",[101,195,196,199,200,203,204,207],{},[69,197,198],{},"camión"," (Mexico), ",[69,201,202],{},"colectivo"," (Argentina), ",[69,205,206],{},"guagua"," (Caribbean)",[84,209,210,213,218],{},[101,211,212],{},"to drive",[101,214,215],{},[69,216,217],{},"conducir",[101,219,220],{},[69,221,222],{},"manejar",[84,224,225,228,233],{},[101,226,227],{},"flat \u002F apartment",[101,229,230],{},[69,231,232],{},"piso",[101,234,235,134,238],{},[69,236,237],{},"departamento",[69,239,240],{},"apartamento",[84,242,243,246,251],{},[101,244,245],{},"to park",[101,247,248],{},[69,249,250],{},"aparcar",[101,252,253,134,256,259],{},[69,254,255],{},"estacionar",[69,257,258],{},"parquear"," (Caribbean, Central America)",[84,261,262,265,270],{},[101,263,264],{},"strawberry",[101,266,267],{},[69,268,269],{},"fresa",[101,271,272,275],{},[69,273,274],{},"frutilla"," (Southern Cone)",[84,277,278,281,286],{},[101,279,280],{},"banana",[101,282,283],{},[69,284,285],{},"plátano",[101,287,288,134,290,207],{},[69,289,280],{},[69,291,292],{},"guineo",[84,294,295,298,303],{},[101,296,297],{},"peach",[101,299,300],{},[69,301,302],{},"melocotón",[101,304,305],{},[69,306,307],{},"durazno",[84,309,310,313,318],{},[101,311,312],{},"glasses",[101,314,315],{},[69,316,317],{},"gafas",[101,319,320,134,323,275],{},[69,321,322],{},"lentes",[69,324,325],{},"anteojos",[84,327,328,331,336],{},[101,329,330],{},"fridge",[101,332,333],{},[69,334,335],{},"nevera",[101,337,338,134,341,344],{},[69,339,340],{},"refrigerador",[69,342,343],{},"heladera"," (Argentina)",[84,346,347,350,355],{},[101,348,349],{},"ticket",[101,351,352],{},[69,353,354],{},"billete",[101,356,357],{},[69,358,359],{},"boleto",[84,361,362,365,370],{},[101,363,364],{},"cake",[101,366,367],{},[69,368,369],{},"tarta",[101,371,372,134,375,378],{},[69,373,374],{},"torta",[69,376,377],{},"pastel"," (Mexico)",[84,380,381,384,389],{},[101,382,383],{},"pen",[101,385,386],{},[69,387,388],{},"bolígrafo",[101,390,391,203,394,378],{},[69,392,393],{},"lapicera",[69,395,396],{},"pluma",[84,398,399,402,407],{},[101,400,401],{},"tap",[101,403,404],{},[69,405,406],{},"grifo",[101,408,409,134,412,344],{},[69,410,411],{},"llave",[69,413,414],{},"canilla",[84,416,417,420,425],{},[101,418,419],{},"to take \u002F catch",[101,421,422],{},[69,423,424],{},"coger",[101,426,427,134,430,433],{},[69,428,429],{},"agarrar",[69,431,432],{},"tomar"," (see the warning below)",[61,435,437],{"id":436},"a-closer-look-at-the-usual-suspects","A closer look at the usual suspects",[57,439,440],{},"A few of these are worth a second glance, because you will use them daily.",[442,443,444,463,484,500],"ul",{},[445,446,447,450,451,453,454,456,457,459,460,462],"li",{},[69,448,449],{},"coche \u002F carro \u002F auto."," In Spain, ",[69,452,108],{}," is the car; ",[69,455,113],{}," there means a shopping trolley or a cart. In Mexico and much of the north, ",[69,458,113],{}," is the car. In the Southern Cone, ",[69,461,117],{}," wins. All three are instantly understood everywhere.",[445,464,465,468,469,472,473,476,477,134,480,483],{},[69,466,467],{},"móvil \u002F celular."," ",[69,470,471],{},"El móvil"," is Spain; ",[69,474,475],{},"el celular"," is nearly all of Latin America. Both come from the full phrase (",[69,478,479],{},"teléfono móvil",[69,481,482],{},"teléfono celular","), just clipped differently.",[445,485,486,468,489,492,493,496,497,499],{},[69,487,488],{},"zumo \u002F jugo.",[69,490,491],{},"Zumo de naranja"," in Spain, ",[69,494,495],{},"jugo de naranja"," almost everywhere else. In Spain ",[69,498,183],{}," exists too, but tends to mean the juices inside meat or fruit rather than the drink.",[445,501,502,505,506,509,510,512,513,515,516,518,519,521,522,524],{},[69,503,504],{},"autobús and friends."," This is the messiest one. ",[69,507,508],{},"Autobús"," or ",[69,511,188],{}," is broadly safe, but ",[69,514,198],{}," is the city bus in Mexico (elsewhere it is a lorry), ",[69,517,202],{}," is the bus in Argentina, and ",[69,520,206],{}," is the bus in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Canary Islands. Watch out: in the Andes, ",[69,523,206],{}," means a baby.",[61,526,528],{"id":527},"the-words-to-handle-with-care","The words to handle with care",[57,530,531],{},"Most variation is harmless. A small set is not, because a word that is polite on one side of the Atlantic is crude on the other. You do not need the crude meanings spelled out to steer around them.",[442,533,534,570],{},[445,535,536,539,540,543,544,547,548,134,551,554,555,557,558,509,560,562,563,134,566,569],{},[69,537,538],{},"coger."," In Spain this is one of the most common verbs going: ",[69,541,542],{},"coger el autobús"," (to catch the bus), ",[69,545,546],{},"coger las llaves"," (to grab the keys), completely neutral. In much of Latin America, above all ",[69,549,550],{},"Mexico",[69,552,553],{},"Argentina"," and Central America, ",[69,556,424],{}," is vulgar slang. There, use ",[69,559,432],{},[69,561,429],{}," instead: ",[69,564,565],{},"tomar el autobús",[69,567,568],{},"agarrar las llaves",". This single swap will save you a great deal of blushing.",[445,571,572,575],{},[69,573,574],{},"concha."," In Spain this simply means a shell, and it is even a common woman's name (short for Concepción). In Argentina, Uruguay and Chile it is coarse anatomical slang, so it is a word to avoid there and to let locals use first.",[57,577,578,579,134,581,583],{},"The rule of thumb: when you travel, prefer the neutral verb (",[69,580,432],{},[69,582,429],{},") and let the people around you set the tone. Nobody minds a careful learner.",[61,585,587],{"id":586},"one-grammar-note-vosotros-is-spain-only","One grammar note: vosotros is Spain only",[57,589,590,591,594,595,598,599,602,603,605,606,609,610,613,614,617,618,621,622,627],{},"The biggest split you will hear is not a single word but a whole pronoun. ",[69,592,593],{},"Vosotros",", the informal plural ",[69,596,597],{},"you",", is essentially ",[69,600,601],{},"Spain only",". Across Latin America the plural ",[69,604,597],{}," is ",[69,607,608],{},"ustedes"," for everyone, friendly or formal, and the ",[69,611,612],{},"vosotros"," verb endings are simply not used. So ",[69,615,616],{},"vosotros tenéis"," in Madrid becomes ",[69,619,620],{},"ustedes tienen"," in Lima. Because that is a grammar difference rather than a vocabulary one, the detail lives on the ",[623,624,626],"a",{"href":625},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fregional-grammar","regional grammar page",".",[61,629,631],{"id":630},"so-which-should-you-learn","So which should you learn?",[57,633,634,635,637,638,640,641,637,643,645],{},"Whichever is nearest to you. If your teacher is Colombian, soak up ",[69,636,113],{}," and ",[69,639,153],{},"; if you are heading to Madrid, learn ",[69,642,108],{},[69,644,148],{},". Knowing one variety makes the other a set of easy swaps, not a second language. The goal is not to pick the true Spanish, because there is not one. 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One big comparison table and the rule that there is no single correct Spanish.",[683,704],{"type":684,"instructions":685,"items":686},"fill-blank","Give the Spain Spanish word for each item. Full accents required.",[687,689,691,693,695,697,699,702],{"prompt":688,"answer":108,"hint":103},"The everyday word for car in Spain is el ___.",{"prompt":690,"answer":178,"hint":173},"In Spain you drink orange ___, not jugo.",{"prompt":692,"answer":148,"hint":143},"A Spaniard checks messages on the ___, not the celular.",{"prompt":694,"answer":128,"hint":123},"In Spain a computer is un ___, not una computadora.",{"prompt":696,"answer":163,"hint":158},"The Spanish word for potato used in Spain is la ___.",{"prompt":698,"answer":250,"hint":245},"To park the car in Spain is ___ el coche.",{"prompt":700,"answer":232,"hint":701},"In Spain a flat you live in is un ___, not un departamento.","flat",{"prompt":703,"answer":388,"hint":383},"The pen in your bag is un ___ in Spain, not una lapicera.",{"type":705,"instructions":706,"items":707},"which-one","Choose the word that belongs to the named region.",[708,711,714,717,720,723],{"prompt":709,"answer":113,"options":710},"In Mexico, the word for car is more likely to be:",[108,113],{"prompt":712,"answer":153,"options":713},"In most of Latin America, the mobile phone is:",[148,153],{"prompt":715,"answer":307,"options":716},"In Argentina, a peach is a:",[302,307],{"prompt":718,"answer":406,"options":719},"In Spain, the tap in the kitchen is the:",[406,414],{"prompt":721,"answer":432,"options":722},"In Latin America, the safe verb for to take the bus is:",[424,432],{"prompt":724,"answer":322,"options":725},"In Mexico, glasses for your eyes are:",[317,322],"md",[728,731,734,737],{"q":729,"a":730},"Is Spain Spanish or Latin American Spanish the correct one to learn?","Neither, and both. There is no official standard variety that outranks the rest: the Real Academia works with sister academies across Latin America precisely because no single country owns the language. Learn whichever variety is nearest to you - the country you will visit, the teacher you have, the media you enjoy - and treat the others as easy swaps. A learner who knows coche will understand carro in seconds. The grammar is almost entirely shared; it is mostly the vocabulary, and a few pronunciation habits, that shift. Being aware of the variation is far more useful than trying to pick a winner.",{"q":732,"a":733},"Why does Spain say vosotros but Latin America does not?","Vosotros, the informal plural you, is essentially Spain only. Across Latin America the plural you is ustedes for everyone, formal or friendly, and the vosotros verb endings simply are not used in daily speech. So a Spaniard says vosotros tenéis while a Mexican says ustedes tienen for the same idea. This is a grammar difference rather than a vocabulary one, so we keep the detail on the regional grammar page, but it is the single most noticeable Spain versus Latin America split you will hear.",{"q":735,"a":736},"Are there Spanish words that are rude in one country and fine in another?","Yes, and coger is the famous one. In Spain coger simply means to take or to catch: coger el autobús, coger las llaves, entirely ordinary. In much of Latin America, especially Mexico, Argentina and Central America, coger is vulgar slang for sex, so speakers there reach for agarrar or tomar instead: tomar el autobús, agarrar las llaves. A few nouns carry similar hidden meanings in particular countries. The safe habit is to prefer the neutral verb when you travel and let locals set the tone.",{"q":738,"a":739},"Will people understand me if I mix Spain and Latin American words?","Almost always, yes. Educated speakers are exposed to both varieties constantly through television, music and film, so a Spaniard understands celular and a Peruvian understands móvil even if neither would say it first. Mixing is not a failure; it is what many bilingual and well travelled speakers do naturally. The only words worth watching are the small set with rude regional meanings. Everything else is simply flavour, and using a word from the other side of the Atlantic marks you as someone who has learned widely, not someone who has made a mistake.","higher","There is no single correct Spanish. The language is spoken by roughly half a billion people across two dozen countries, and the everyday words - the ones for car, phone, juice, potato and bus - split cheerfully between Spain and Latin America, and often between one Latin American country and the next. In Madrid you drive a coche; in Mexico City a carro; in Buenos Aires an auto. You drink zumo in Spain and jugo almost everywhere else. A Spaniard checks the móvil, a Colombian the celular. None of this is error. It is variation, the same way a British lift is an American elevator, and no one is wrong. Kilo Lingo teaches a broadly neutral base and then flags the swaps, because whichever variety you learn first, you will meet the others - in songs, in films, in your teacher, in the friend you make on holiday. This page lays out the vocabulary that changes in one big table, works through the trickier pairs, and warns you about the small set of words that are perfectly polite on one side of the Atlantic and best avoided on the other.","spanish",{},true,"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fregional-lexicon",{"title":46,"description":681},"spanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fregional-lexicon","dLc9kdbT4-bK2kK119Wlql3L1te39gLCNU91SXYfcHY",[],{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":751},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M13 21h8M15 5l4 4m2.174-2.188a1 1 0 0 0-3.986-3.987L3.842 16.174a2 2 0 0 0-.5.83l-1.321 4.352a.5.5 0 0 0 .623.622l4.353-1.32a2 2 0 0 0 .83-.497z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":753},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M12 15V3m9 12v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m7 10l5 5l5-5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":755},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M20 20a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-7.9a2 2 0 0 1-1.69-.9L9.6 3.9A2 2 0 0 0 7.93 3H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2Zm-8-10v6\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m15 13l-3 3l-3-3\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":757},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M11 4.702a.705.705 0 0 0-1.203-.498L6.413 7.587A1.4 1.4 0 0 1 5.416 8H3a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v6a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h2.416a1.4 1.4 0 0 1 .997.413l3.383 3.384A.705.705 0 0 0 11 19.298zM16 9a5 5 0 0 1 0 6m3.364 3.364a9 9 0 0 0 0-12.728\"\u002F>"]