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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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    Yvonne Bernal
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soy milk - (translated in Spanish, I am milk) HILARIOUS

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    Emre
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bwahahaha :) Laughed so hard at this one

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    Shila Dali
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    8 years ago Created 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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    8 years ago Created 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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    sunnyrei82
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends on each region. I am mexican, and for us, THAT is a "plátano"

    Darkisbjorn
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    AM
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We say "cambur" in Venezuela,

    Gonzalo Duaygües
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Snago Mouse
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Bunnies are better!!
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plantains are those pants that look like bananas but are smaller and more bitter

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    Konrad Jamtoy
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    anyu sun
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Platano and Banana are 2 different fruits, in english you also say Plantain..

    Spiski
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    8 years ago Created 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

    Yeah No
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In P.R. it’s Banana = Guineo Plátano = Plantain

    Gustavo Gil
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Mariana Callejas Mujica
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    8 years ago Created 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...

    Sarah Seifert
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spanish was like "peace out we feel like being quirky"

    Ryuunometsu
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    4 years ago Created 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?

    Diego Javier
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Diego Javier
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Remota Montiel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Ana Santos
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Banana o guineo en Puerto Rico! Plátano es el verde

    Natalia Mesa
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Christian Scholz
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German it's Banane. Bananen is plural

    Margarita Arias
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I´m Colombian and for us that is a banano

    Camilo Ortiz
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Colombia it's a "banano"

    Karla Palma
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Platano and Banano are different things in Spanish

    Virginia Lopez Grandjean
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, come on, that is "banana" in Spanish too. At least, for Argentina :-)

    Olga Mest
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Alcora Ceballos Jiménez
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Jan Michelle Sherbondy
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    8 years ago Created 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!

    Maria Da Silva
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well in venezuela we say cambur for banana

    Gabriela Bassi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Banana and plátano are two different things.

    Gabriela Bassi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. It's still "banana" where I'm from.

    Fernanda Morales
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from guatemala, And we Say "Banano" or "banana" too!

    Ileana Segura
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    8 years ago Created 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. :)

    Aneidy Alvarez
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Nor Fatin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Daisy Quintero
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

    Gustavo Muro Marchani
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Victoria Ruggiero
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is absolutely a "banana" in Argentinian Spanish.

    Hans Branford
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spanish = Banano a platano is waaaaaay bigger than a Banano

    Lucy C
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plátanos and bananas are too different things!

    Becky Walker
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A platano is a plantain not a banana dont lie guys

    Sebastian Escobar
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    8 years ago Created 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

    Schmoh LoL
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the word banana comes from spanish

    Genny Ferrer
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    8 years ago Created 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.

    Sonia Navarro
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    8 years ago Created 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

    Ela Pink
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    8 years ago Created 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 :))

    Nicolle Leal
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In some latin american countries we say Banana...

    Zori the degu
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    8 years ago Created 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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    8 years ago Created 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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    JEFF THE KILLER
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When the only Spanish you know is in punctuation XD

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    Marcos Zamarripa
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate when people say: you speak mexican!, I say: you speak northamerican?

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    Marcos Zamarripa
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silla l8r alligator!; Explanation Si = C, Lla = Ya/You. Clever.

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    #23

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    Santiago Suarez
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes we do. It is a moment culturally important and relevant

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    Amanda Panda
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    8 years ago Created 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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    ADHORTATOR
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    good example of the importance of details

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    Rafael Tiba
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arabic: You'll never be able to pronounce the Ayn and the Qaf. Don't try.

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    PetruF
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    8 years ago Created 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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    Spiski
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really. Si and Ci have a quite different sounds....

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    Si-Naron
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    8 years ago Created 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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    Javiera Lambermont
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    8 years ago Created 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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    PetruF
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    8 years ago Created 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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    Max
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    8 years ago Created 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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    8 years ago Created 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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    guess
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    8 years ago Created 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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    Isabel Galvez
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    French has the Basque system, you need to do Math while learning the language.

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