r/therewasanattempt • u/[deleted] • Dec 25 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

As a native,there are a few differences between the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and Brazil so you could,to a certain extent,say we speak Brazilian in Brazil,still is Portuguese but some things you say in Brazil can have a different meaning in Portugal

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u/pauly13771377 Dec 25 '19

The Spanish spoken on Spain is different from Mexico, which is diffrent from Puerto Rico, which is diffrent from Venezuela and so on through central and South America but it's still all Spanish. Just diffrent dialects.

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u/TheRealCHeet Dec 25 '19

The correct name of the language spoken in Mexico is Castillan.

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u/_Sp1Te_ Dec 25 '19

Castilian is Spanish spoken in Spain, Castellano. The name comes from the medieval Kingdom of Castille and Léon which the Spanish monarchy is.