I know its sort of a duh thing, but I wondered if anyone learned to fluently speak spanish or really any foreign language through courses in college, or if anyone couldn't, despite taking said courses.

Im in the USAF and i was wondering if knowing spanish would be consider as an extra pay , the foreign language pay.

(cause a friend said spanish didnt count since everyone could speak it)

In Europe, Spanish is absolutely in a stronger position than Portuguese. In USA, the most popular foreign language is latin-american Spanish, especially Mexican style, because there're a lot of Mexico immigrants in USA. & In latin-america, people speak latin-american Spanish, it mainly includes Mexican, Argentine, Chilian style, & In Brazil, people speak Brazilian Portuguese, which sounds softer & more nasal than Spanish, & it shows some similarities to that of French. Brazil's been working to develop its economy and resolve societal problems, Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America, the fifth largest country by geographical area, & its population comprises the majority of the world's Portuguese speakers. Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates & the ninth largest in purchasing power parity. If you had to choose between Brazilian Portuguese & Spanish, which would you prefer to learn?

answer only if you speak spanish. Do you think it sounds cool or you simply don't like how it sounds?
I MEANT TO SAY ANSWER IF YOU SPEAK ENGLISH OR OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE BUT PLEASE SPANISH SPEAKERS DON'T ANSWER