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You shouted, and we listened. Spanish is next on the docket of languages that we'd just like to sit down and have a little chat with. The language of old Castile certainly has its romantic side, but let's talk about all the times it made us say ay, caramba!

Spanish is a direct descendant of Latin, just like Italian and French, and thus has the familiar charm of its relatives. It's the second most common language in the world, and is officially spoken in 20 countries spread across 4 continents. It's also pretty much a running gag on the Internet, and its colourful accent and vocabulary inspire brutal memes.

If you're one of the estimated 90 million people taking on Spanish as a second language, just remember that those little accents really do make a difference in what you write, and that all those verb tenses are only slightly terrifying.

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Shila Dali
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"It is what it is" would be "Es lo que es", "Esto si que es" would be something more like "This really is".

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Yvonne Bernal
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol - Except the inverted question mark leads the sentence..... No wonder they're confused.

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Darkisbjorn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This in incorrect, plátano is plantain, wheras banana is either banana o banano, being the plantain and the banana similar but different things, just as an orange and a tangerine are different things. The fruit in the photo is a banana by the way, not a plantain.

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Gonzalo Duaygües
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bananas and Platanos for us are different things. Although the look pretty much the same, in Spain bananas are generally something imported from America while the best "platanos" are from Canary Islands. And there are many differences apart from the taste.

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Snago Mouse
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

German one is also "wrong" Bananen is the plural we say Banane

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Konrad Jamtoy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is two differents fruits actually:one is actually spelled:Banana and the other is Plátano.

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Spiski
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi! I'm Spanish, we use Banana usually to refer those that are not produced in Spain

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Gustavo Gil
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plátano is a local word. Some countries say plátano, but most of the Spanish speaking countries say BANANA.

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Mariana Callejas Mujica
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Banano is the right word for the sweet fruit that everyone knows, plátano is the one you need to cook and it's harder inside. Also this word came after as this a fruit that grows in the tropics originally...

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Ryuunometsu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

banana and plátano are different things in spanish, both pronounced as banana in english btw. Sorry for having more variety of words. Also, isn't pineaple in english also different from lots of languages too?

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Diego Javier
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Argentina and we say Banana, I would never say platano

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Diego Javier
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

En Argentina es banana . Si decís plátano te vana mirar raro

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Remota Montiel
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This a “cambur" in Venezuela. Plátano is the bigger one that needs cooking.

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Natalia Mesa
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Colombian and here we say "Banano". It's not so different.

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Olga Mest
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ok.... in Spanish we've got banana y plátano and they are supposed to be different. I can never say which is which though.

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Alcora Ceballos Jiménez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, are we talking about the Spanish from Spain (Castellano) or the one in South America? Second, we say plátano because It is different to the Banana. Normally plátano refers to the one that is from the Canary Islands much smaller.

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Jan Michelle Sherbondy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Puerto Rico I grew up calling it a guineo. plátano is used to make tostones, Mofongo and other delicious treats!

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Ileana Segura
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It depends of the region. In Costa Rica, we say banano=banana, plátano=plantain and we also have guineo, which can be smaller than a banana, but it tastes similar to plantain. :)

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Aneidy Alvarez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the Dominican Republic, we call it "guineo", "plantains" for us are "plátanos"

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Nor Fatin
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Malay - Pisang . Now i wonder which language is the worst hahah

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Daisy Quintero
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Platano is a green plantain...Guineo is Banana !!! Ay, Caramba !!!

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Gustavo Muro Marchani
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually they are Two different things, Two different fruits, platano and banana, in english: plantain and banana.

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Sebastian Escobar
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For us Colombias that is a Banano, not banana. We also use the word Plátano, but not as often as banano

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Genny Ferrer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It really does depend on the region... I'm Puerto Rican and to us, that's a 'guineo'. Plátano is a different fruit.

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Sonia Navarro
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My family is from El Salvador and banana is banano...while a plantain is platano...so it really depends which Spanish you are referring too...not all spanish is the same

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Ela Pink
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is even better in Latin. I was google-translating latin words with a colleague at work last week. You'll never guess what showed up for banana. Musa sapientum fixa. Does anyone else find this really funny? Because we did :))

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Zori the degu
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I noticed it while learning that interesting language. And I thought "Oh... Wait......Damn,why?!"

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Rafael Tiba
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Portuguese speaker, I really can't picture an English speaker grasping the difference between "ser" and "estar".

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We normally speak in Spanglish in our office. It's not a problem except when we begin writing like this. jajaja

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should see Italian and Romanian. Aren't Romance languages the best :)

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Poland we have cakes which call "Negro man" and "Negro/Gypsy tits"...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or maybe it's just a reference to a Pitbull's song called "I know you want me" ...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha! nice :) Literally 'Mother-in-law's tongue' (limba soacrei) in Romanian

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a spanish person I can say that nobody says movida for tool but herramienta

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Lucy C
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why I only watch films/shows in its original language

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

mm.. Pronunciation isn't really the hard part. Conjugation is what gets me.

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