Rioplatense Spanish

The Buenos Aires–Montevideo Spanish of vos, sh-sounding y, and Italian-inflected melody.

Core Principles & Analysis

• It uses voseo: "vos tenés" where most of the Spanish world says "tú tienes".
• "Ll" and "y" are pronounced like English "sh" — sheísmo — so "calle" sounds like "cashe".
• Massive Italian immigration left its stamp on intonation and on the lunfardo slang of tango.

Specifications & Metrics

• LANGUAGE: Spanish