The 7 Best Places to learn Spanish Abroad
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Go Overseas
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English
Date Accepted
12/04/19
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Steph Dyson
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The 7 Best Places to learn Spanish Abroad
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Rolos (residents of the capital city of Bogotá) are quick to inform foreigners that they speak the best Spanish in all of Latin America. While this title is up for debate (coastal Colombians, for one, probably wouldn’t agree), it’s true that Spanish speakers in central Colombia have a minimal accent and talk relatively slowly, making their Spanish among the continent’s clearest and easiest to understand. Costa Rica’s largest city is the capital of San José, but even the locals will tell you to skip town as fast as possible and head somewhere a little more scenic -- as in, pretty much anywhere else in the country. Luckily, where ever you go, the laid-back ticos and ticas of Costa Rica speak at a pace that won’t be too intimidating for gringo newbies. Cons: Spanish in Spain is considerably faster and more complicated to pick up than the Spanish spoken in most countries in Latin America. Cons: Mexicans speak Spanish fast and with a liberal dose of brain-befuddling colloquial expressions.