Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Spain
Portugal
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
French Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
obrigado
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Como você está?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
boa noite
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Buenos Días
bom Dia
Please
Por Favor
Por Favor
I Love You
Te Quiero
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Mexico
Brazil
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Cuba
Portugal
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Español
Português
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Português
French Name
espagnol; castillan
portugais
German Name
Spanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
210 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Spanish and Portuguese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Portuguese language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Spanish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Portuguese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.