Posts Tagged ‘caribbean’

What is the most common word for "computer" in Latin American Spanish? "Computadora" or "Ordenador"?

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I’m copyediting the Closed Captioning of a math video, to wit, the Spanish-translated text for a math video.
The translator wrote "computador" (without the "a" at the end), but the dictionary shows "ordenador"–which is used mainly in Spain, I think.
However, the video makers are catering to the Spanish-speaking students of the US and Caribbean. They [...]

For someone who knows the various regional Latin American Spanish ‘accents’?

Friday, September 4th, 2009

How would you best classify the varieties or styles of speaking Spanish In the Western Hemisphere, i.e., would it be Caribbean (or would you separate by specific countries like PR and DR/RD, Central American, Latin American. Would you distinguish the Spanish spoken by Argentinians separately? Distinguish the way Mexicans speak Spanish from other countries in [...]