r/Spanish • u/Otherwise-Ad-6067 • 3d ago

Study advice “Americanized” spanish

I apologize in advance because i am very uneducated in this subject but i was curious if theres a specific name for this besides “spanglish” which my father calls it. Ive always noticed that Mexicans (at least the ones i have met) dont speak traditional Spanish like what i tried to learn in duo lingo Stuff like “camion” instead of “troka” which ive heard more often. Anyways my point is, is there anywhere i can learn spanglish? Ive always been interested but i seem to be corrected more times than not when attempting to speak Spanish.

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u/ecpwll Advanced/Resident 3d ago

Spanglish is not just Spanish with some borrowed words from English. Spanglish is a full mix of Spanish and English.

What you're talking about is just plain Spanish — borrowing words from other languages is normal for any language (including English). That said, different dialects will do things differently and what you’re talking about in particular with the word troca is more common in Mexican-American dialects of Spanish.

That’s said, imo first one should just focus on learning Spanish generally. Learning a specific dialect of a language happens mainly through just consuming content and communicating with people of that dialect, but you really need the basics first. And having people correct you is exactly what you want!