As a spaniard, one thing that drive us crazy is the fact that Portugueses do understand 95% when we talk, while we don't (except galicians) because of their prononciation (they tend to "eat" the vowels). Then, when we read written portuguese, we do understand almost all of it. Nevertheless, we are good neighbours and we get along pretty well. We both share a similar cultural and historical heritage and our influence in the "new world" is much more than evident. I wish all the best for our neighbours and a prosperous future to the good people of both of our nations. Boa sorte na Copa do Mundo irmãos ;)
Its true, i understand 95% of spanish... never understood why spanish have trouble understanding portuguese because is so similar. I love spain, "nuestros hermanos" :)
Love you back form Galicia (yeah, Northen Spain). I dreamed with see the Acrópolis, even that I rejected to see geek monuments in the British Museum when I went. I want see them in Greece!! and of course, I would love to feel the Mediterranean and its light, and see your beautiful islands and places
@@slayer.trades gracias por tus amables palabras. Tengo muchas ganas de conocer Galicia, es una tierra preciosa. Yo soy de Corfú, una isla del mar jónico :)
@Alexandre Mendes You're saying it like that Portugal was the only country that was never taken over by Spain even though most of the world has never been taken over by them either
That makes sense. Also there are only a handful of countries that speak Portuguese whereas Spanish is spoken from Mexico on down in the entire western hemisphere minus Brazil and a couple other small countries.
@@alejandrotraid6677 For one you are right. It's not good to loose your culture from the imposition of the anglo-saxon cultural hegemony as you say. But on the other side, it's great that you are able to communicate with billions of people and know more about their cultures.
Some differences that I've noticed in Spain as a fellow Portuguese: 1. Spaniards are louder and seem to go out more to the streets for beer/food 2. Although we look similar I think there are more blond people, lighter skin in Spain and sometimes they look more Italian or French to me idk lol (also more diversity in general) 3. Food wise I believe Spain does "tapas" better than our "petiscos". So if you're having a beer or wine it's easier to find snacks at more places rather than in Portugal I feel. As far as a proper meal goes I recommend sticking with Portuguese food tho 😏 Love Spain, wishing all my Iberian brothers the best !!!
@@PureAlbania também me deu essa ideia. Já estive em Madrid e Sevilha e as ruas estavam sempre cheias de gente nas esplanadas, parques... Nós gostamos de ir à rua mas eles acho que nos ganham nisso!
I loved it. I live in Galicia, about 20km from the mountainous border. There is a feeling of continuity, in a linguistic, architectural, and landscape sense. However, the northern Portuguese are faithful to their earlier lunchtime, which is, in a way, the only real shock you would experience upon crossing. Well, that, and the automatic text message your phone recieves informing you about the roaming conditions.
Roaming conditions i receive a lot of those even i dont cross the border. I have a house in Castro Marim and when travel to Mertola inside Portugal usingf the IC27 i receive a lot of texts... Of course i put gas (petrol) in Spain because is the only thing i think is more cheap than in Portugal at least in Algarve.
I'm a portuguese living in Spain! I'm so grateful for the opportunity I'm getting on ny neighbor, Spain is an amazing country and I was super well accepted by everyone, I don't even feel a foreigner here!
great video, always well informed! from my perspective I would say most Portuguese would have dinner before 9 when eating at home. As for the Portuguese being more formal, it’s true however the use of that formal language is also heavily associated with politeness towards any stranger and older people...
Exactly. When dinning at a restaurant with friends, usually, expect it to start between 9:00 and 9:30 pm. People also tend to be late about 15 minutes. But when at home with your family, dinner is at 20:00. Sometimes, elderly eat earlier, like at 19:00 or even at 18:00 (!!!), especially in winter. They tend to go to bed as soon as it goes dark.
Two of my favourite countries in the world. I love both Portugal & Spain! Portuguese and Spanish people are amazing and the language, culture and food are second to none!!! From UK 🇬🇧
José Saramago (Portuguese writer & Nobel prize laureate) said Portugal and Spain were 2 siamese brothers joined at the back, who could not look at each other. It is quite spot on, as historically Portugal's alliance with England (historic enemy of Spain who later allied with France) has separated them. Geography also helped, as the area between both countries is sparsely populated and generally mountainous. Today both peoples are very close again and ties are getting stronger with every generation. Thar said, I think most Spaniards might still feel culturally closer to Italy for some reason. But we are all Latin cousins so cheers!
That is very much true! We Portuguese know sometimes less about Spain than we know about England or France, which is a pity, because Spain has incredible wealth in most things: history, architecture, arts (for the last 30000 years), food, landscapes and nature.
Pues yo cómo español por supuesto que me siento cercano a los italianos porque son nuestros primos, pero me siento mucho más cercano a los portugueses porque son nuestro hermanos.
Great video as usual, Paul, thank you. I love both Spain and Portugal. So similar and so different at the same time. I have a very slight preference for Spain because - as an Italian native - I find Spanish easier to learn than Portuguese and because I do prefer the Mediterranean sea over the Atlantic ocean (or indeed any ocean) for my holidays. Both countries are immensely rich in places to visit and the two peoples, although different, are both lovely.
I love Portugal, the landscape, the people, their language, food, culture…we have so much in common. Probably there are no other country in Europe with such a close feeling that a future confederation would be a very possible bet. Saudade from Spain.
Spain can’t even keep itself together right now, the last thing it needs is another autonomous separate ethno-linguistic group within the kingdom. Also, I doubt Portugal would ever entertain a union with Spain so long as Spain is a kingdom. Portugal is proudly republican. Oh, and historically joining Spain hadn’t worked out well for Portugal. Amidst the Iberian Union. It strained Portugal’s friendship with England and nearly destroyed the Portuguese Empire
Great video. Just a correction. Spanish monarchy was not restored "after a period as a republic under the leadership of Francisco Franco", that period was a Franciso Franco's dictatorship after a civil war that abolished the republic in 1939.
You are right. Franco considered himself a king in some way. Actually he stablished the "Consejo del Reino" (Kingdom Council) and assumed lot of the roles which traditionally were attributes of the monarchy.
I don't think any historian (or Spanish citizen) has ever considered the dictatorship period as a republic. The dictator even granted titles of nobility. Love the channel, but this is an important blunder, sorry.
@@karm3667 You are wrong. "España, como unidad política, es un Estado católico, social y representativo que, de acuerdo con su tradición, se declara constituido en Reino". "Spain, as a political unit, is a Catholic, social and representative State which, in accordance with its tradition, declares itself constituted as a Kingdom". Article 1 of the Law of Succession 1947 approved by the Cortes and subsequent referendum.
You also failed to mention that Portugal went under went autocratic rule after having a republic it was overthrown and they had almost as long of a dictatorship as Spain so they both went through that but when they got out of that Portugal went back to a republic and Spain went to a constitutional monarchy
Every single region of Spain is very different too, comparing the basque country with Andalucia, or Galicia with Catalonia, etc. Btw I love Portugal, I truly love it and I'm Castilian :P in the past both regions were always competing to see who was the best, this seems to be a characteristic of all the regions that make up this beautiful Iberian peninsula. We are so similar and at the same time so different, this applies to the other regions of Spain too.
Andorra may be an independent country, but socially and linguistically is another part of Spain. Castilian is the dominant language in Andorra, not being official though. The Andorrans are very aware of everything going on in Spain. They watch the Spanish TV channels and listen to the Spanish radio.
@@revinhatol Creo que más es por representación que otra cosa. Andorra a estado ligada más a España que a Francia y entendería porque los Franceses siempre an visto mal a los que somos de la península Ibérica y Andorra es parte también .
@@revinhatol What do you mean? The French president is the case of an aristocratic title voted by the people and the case of a world leader voted by the people of one country to rule another country. The official language in Andorra is Catalan, but Castilian is the dominant language in Andorra. Step into an Andorra police station and you'll hear all the police members speaking Castilian among themselves. The Andorrans know very well all the Spanish politicians, singers, actors and so on, but not so well the French ones.
Portugal and Spain membership in the EU jelped ending a lot od the traditional rivalry and suspicion among the two people and today we get along very well. Lots of spanish tourists visit Portugal every year, much to my surprise given how packed Spain is with monuments and natural beauty but they are very welconed to stay here.
Main differences IMHO: 1) language proficiency in Portugal is better (because we're perhaps more exposed to foreign cultures in the media); 2) lunch time sure differs (12:00 in PT, 14:00 in Spain) (which is ok on holidays, but schedule work meetings can be more complicated, although 1h difrence certainly helps to balance it out between Portuguese and Spanish); 3) Spanish are more outgoing, we seem more introverted; 4) although Portuguese talk loud in family lunches and dinners (you only have a point when you speak it louder than all the others :D), we usually keep it low outdoors, but such is not the case with Spanish in general; 5) Portuguese, generally speaking, do not cherish enough their culture/music, but Spanish market it pretty well. I have to admit, we have a lot of things in common, one of the most obvious to foreigners is the time at which we go to bed: going before midnight is a totally alien concept (except for kids and elderly).
We Spaniards love our Portuguese neighbours and always have good relationships. We have so many things in common that we can consider cousins rather than neighbours 🇵🇹🫶🏼🇪🇸
As Spaniard from Barcelona I must congratulate you for such a well documented video. I just would mention "castúo" among the non-official Spanish languages and put some emphasis on the fact that "siesta" is a cliche (at least on working days). Another difference I've noticed between Spaniards and Portuguese: they are quieter. If you are sharing a long-trip train with Iberian youngters, pray the Lord that they may be from Portugal.
Very proud to see this video as a portuguese, one thing i note is that we make an effort to speak spanish when theyre here but not the other way around, another thing is that theyre louder than us
Es porque si entendemos un poco portugués osea algunas palabras se parecen y otras intuimos que podrían ser o significar . Por otro lado creo que somos más expresivos a la hora de hablar 😁 y alzar la voz y mover las manos es como poder más expresar lo que sentimos no solo con palabras. Hermanos portugués también son queridos aquí en España ,pero sentimos que no les gusta hacer lazos con nosotros ,haber es como que en vez de tener diálogos para hacer tratos es como más silencioso todo en nuestra relación .
@@Merry19ssNa verdade queremos muito essa aproximação, são milhares de portugueses que atrvessam a fronteira para desfrutar da vossa boa vida e bons preços. Abraço.
Excellent video. I speak Spanish and English but have difficulty in understanding spoken Portuguese. Spoken Italian on occasions can be easier to understand but written Portuguese is easier to follow than written Italian,
In Portugal we usually eat at 13h (lunch break 13h-14h) and most people have dinner at 8h or 8h30. It's not that late, because we eat 4 times a day, not just 3. In Spain they take a nap, not because of whatever time, but because the center of Spain is really hot in the summer, and who can work when it's hot as hell?!
Really? I think in Lisbon, 12 p.m. is quite early to lunch, but some people would eat at that time. I think some restaurants only start serving at 12:30, normally until 2:30 or 3 p.m. Many people nowadays will have dinner at 9 p.m., something that has changed over the years - when I was younger, it would be considered a very late dinner, and I still know restaurants that would not be happy if you try to make a reservation so late, they would say 8:30 p.m. instead. But those are older, more traditional restaurants. But while it's common to have dinner at 8 or 9 p.m., I'm not sure it's accurate to say 9 p.m is the "normal" hour to have dinner in Portugal. Most restaurants would start serving at 7:30 until 10 or 11 p.m. The time the kitchen or the restaurant closes will depend a lot of the area where it is located.
@@Ghostsise A maioria dos empregos que têm horário fixo de almoço é a essa hora. Obviamente que em dias de folga as pessoas fazem o horário que quiserem. Acho de muito mau gosto a alcunha que escolheu...
I learned the hard way from my ex Brazilian wife and my Galician friend that Portugal and Spain and Galicia are indeed different animals. I never knew how insanely diverse Spain is and how similar in syntax and grammar Portuguese is to Greek. Amazing video as always
I'm always surprised by the accuracy of your videos. For a moment I thought you wouldn't mention the mirandese and astur-leonese language. Not only you did, but noted its relation, you're a pro! I'm originally from a neighboring area of Portugal. There's even a town splitted in two by the border. People there speak and mix both languages, having their own "portuñol" variety. I first had my ID to go shopping to Portugal when I was a kid (before UE free movement was stablish), and I go from time to time. Maybe because of that I don't feel like being "totally abroad" when I go to Portugal. It's more like visiting a close relative. Portuguese are indeed more proficient in English, probably thanks to their lack of doubbing. I also feel that Portugal is a bit more culturally cohesive from north to south (islands like Madeira appart), while Spain has deeper differences between it's regions (maybe a Portuguese won't agree, idk).
one note on Lunch and Dinner times in Portugal: while it is not uncommon to see people have meals at those times (12:00 // 21:00) more usual in Portugal is 13:00 and 20:00, which also coincides with the afternoon and evening Main news program.
I have already studyed in Portugal for a year and I've already been to Spain (Castile and Catalonia). I love both countries! According to the DNA test taken from my blood, I'm mostly Iberian and Italian (country which I have also already lived in). All of that makes me a proud Latin, son of Rome, blessed by Venus, godess of love and beauty.
@@fernandovilela3803 Touché! I live in Portugal, but Italy probably is my favorite country in the world. I also love Spain. My heritage goes back to northern Europe and the British Isles, made up primarily of Irish, German, eastern French, basically the border area between Germany and France, a little bit of Finnish or Scandinavian and Scottish. I find the Latin culture is much more sexy, the food better the artist terrific I am kind of stuck with the work ethic. The Irish guilt and shame tendency to moodiness and depression, and we are economically successful. Lol.😊
As a Spaniard something that always strikes my when I go to Portugal is that It's much quieter there. In Spain everybody speaks very loud and the ambient is quite noisy specially in bars, restaurants and pubs. It is a storng contrast with the quietness of those places in Portugal. I envy that.
I do not like how noisy we Spanish people are, I like portugueses people because they are more quieter, I would like both countries uníte politically with ministries in Lisbon and Madrid, I know how difficult The thing IS but together we both would be stronger it' s a pity for me even The bad communications by rail both countries have, congratulations Friends from Portugal
I've lived in Portugal 3 years now and definitely prefer it to Spain. The Portuguese are calmer and the state doesn't hunt residents. Just a few days in Spain on a vacation costed me hundreds of euros of fines for speeding. Though I did not realize I was actually speeding when I had 4 and 6 km over limit, according to the fine receipts. Never fined for speeding in Portugal where common sense is enough on the road.
Do you complain that you are fined for breaking the country's rules? Now, this is fun. You cannot go by 4 or 5 kilometers because the ranges in which the radar does not fine you are over 10 km. You should have gone faster, but you lie that something remains.
@@McLarry88, the video was about the two countries. My comment was to show the difference. The stricter Spain has a better economy and other advantages over loose Portugal. Lower prices, better salaries, more order and reliable services. Why do you lie about 5 km when I wrote 4-6? It seems like you are as full of shit as you like to blame others. It was interesting to hear about the radar limitations. But you are not a gentleman enough to ask questions and continue the conversation. I hope you find love and get laid once in a while.
I'm under 30 years old (28). I just see no point on eating the last big meal of the day that late when the rest of the world eats dinner way before 9pm and even earlier than i do. And before you all ask me what time i go to bed, i can tell you i always go to bed after midnight.
I dont know much about Portuguese culture but its interesting look at how different their language sounds from Spanish for being so closely related To my ear, Portuguese from portugal sounds similar to western eu languages like French and English Whereas Spanish from Spain sounds more similar southern eu languages like Italian and Greek Might have to do with which cultures influenced them more
Medieval Spanish used to share more sounds with Portuguese than current Spanish, but Spanish evolved in a way (simplification) while I think Portuguese evolved the other way (adding more sounds)
@@leovigildo9706 Se refiere principalmente a las vocales. En español se simplificaron hasta las 5 actuales, y en portugues hay mas vocales (8 pronunciadas, creo, aunque escritas se distinguen las mismas 5 y las otras por la cedilla)
Portugal and Spain are not that closely related. Only since the XX century was there a time of relative peace. For most of the rest, Spain, or Castille-Aragon rather, was perceived as enemies (and acted as such), which created a sense of being islanders for the Portuguese. Many famous Portuguese thinkers have stated this (Lourenço, Saraiva, etc)
1.) what is the lexical similarity( measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar.) between Portugese and Spanish 2.) What is the lexical similarity to when languages are considered mutually interchangable? 3.) What are the most lexical similar languages in the world & Europe(with percentile estimates) Thank you.
The lexical similarity is extremely high, he did a video about lexical similarity between all the romance languages in the past on the LangFocus channel and Portuguese and Spanish were the most similar (but a decent bit more similar if it's Brazilian Portuguese as opposed to Portugal). I speak Spanish at a high level, and personally I understood almost nothing when I visited Portugal and listened to people speak. It might as well have been Russian most of the time. However, if I see it written down I can understand almost all of it, it's just the phonetics that are very different. Spanish is pronounced exactly how it's written (once you know the alphabet), whereas Portuguese is not, which I guess is why it's generally said that Portuguese speakers can understand Spanish but Spanish speakers cannot understand Portuguese.
I think it's risky to believe percentage of lexical similarities is representative to differentiate languages. Linguistic or not, there are many other parameters to take account for.
I think lexical similarity is around 90% between SPA and POR. There isn't a magical number beacuse intelligibility comes mostly from pronounciation and there is where the two languages are the farthest from each other, around 60%( I would say). Italian and Spanish are far more mutually intelligible although there is less lexical similarity (80/85%) beacuse their phonetics are almost the same.
I never thought about the formality thing, I thought Portugal was on the same level than Spain. Also I'm realizing how much informal is Spain for the rest of Europe 😅 I'm also amazed by the exclamation mark after the 9.30 pm dinner, that's sooo normal here 😅 and it could be even later hehe
Portugal também é informal como a Espanha. As pessoas novas tratam os estranhos informalmente e muitos estranhos até mais velhos também. As únicas formalidades é com diferenças muito grandes de idade e situações profissionais. (Escrevi em português porque imagino que consigas entender) Força irmão ibérico
@@andreribeiro521 cala te e não fala m3rda. Em Espanha eles usam tu até em embalagens e anúncios do governo isso é IMPENSÁVEL em Portugal, somos formais para tudo que não seja pessoal.
@@LHollan Desculpa mas isso não é verdade nem um pouco. Se calhar já foi, mas agora certamente não é. Tudo o que é pessoas da minha faixa etária sejam conhecidos, amigos, desconhecidos ou até pessoas dde graus hierarquicos superiores mais novos tratam-se por tu. Isso é factual e generalizado, não sei em que parte de cascais é que vives, mas as únicas alturas em que me tratam por você é quando me querem impinjir alguma coisa ou se trata de pessoas de idade. Se não for assim na tua zona tenho pena mas não me digas que estou a falar merda quando é o meu ambiente de português há mais de duas décadas
@@andreribeiro521 jovens tratam se como quiserem até em França, mas na vida adulta toda a gente é formal em empresas, reuniões etc, mas para além disso a grande maioria das publicidades de TV usam “você” e suas formas pronominais! Todos os produtos que compras usam você e formas nominais nos rótulos e modo de utilização. Diz me quando foste num supermercado e o rótulo de um produto usava “tu”?! E sim nos países hispânicos até em rótulos de produtos eles usam tu, são uma sociedade infinitamente mais informal.
Love both countries, culture, people, food. A few very subjective / personal contrasts: Spaniards: more stylish, elegant Portuguese: more humble, friendlier Wine: Portuguese better reds, Spain better whites Food: Spanish more refined, Portuguese simpler but very rewarding Climate: more diversity in Spain, but personally I prefer the Atlantic over the Mediterranneean Golf: Portugal slightly better, due to climate (less dry) Language: Portuguese sounds harsher than Spanish, but also sounds more intriguing and interesting Football: delicate one...but the numbers don't lie. Spain is better, even though Spain has never had the equivalent of C. Ronaldo
From the title I knew there will be something wrong :) Portugal don't have launch at noon, where did you get that? Most restaurants only open at 12h30. Usually people launch from 13h to 14h and dinner from 20h to 21h.
Well, different people say different things. "I knew you would get something wrong" - Believe me, there is no way to post a video and not "get something wrong", because there is always someone who disagrees, always. It doesn't matter what you say. Most of you don't know because you don't do this. You just think what's in your head is correct and that nobody would ever disagree. But believe me, they would.
@@PureAlbania - I couldn't agree more. Some people should be a bit more humble and accept they're wrong instead of lashing out at the person who corrected them.
@@PureAlbania hours of meals at Spain are generacally later than in Portugal. I worked a lot of years on a spanish Bank at Lisbon, and some spanish colleagues we work with always be surprised when we go lunch at 12H... for they there was a bit insane
As someone who knows Spain very well and Portugal not really at all, I was surprised to learn that the Portuguese eat lunch at noon! I was also surprised that Portugal is considered more formal than Spain.
You can stop being surprised because people who eat lunch at noon here are the exception, not the norm. I don't know where he got that idea from. The earlier I've seen people lunch is around 12:30h and it's usually construction workers who have a shorter lunch period. The large majority of people lunch past 1 o'clock and some even at around 2 o'clock.
@@mariaglorica9435 o almoço inicia-se em Portugal as 12h00 e o mais tarde que se costuma iniciar essa refeição ė as 13h30. Claro que o fim já vai depender.
As a portuguese, I am contractually obliged to mention Aljubarrota whenever anyone compares Spain and Portugal, so... how do you like our bread Castillans uh? Come and get some! Now that that is out of the way, I love Spain. I fell in love with Salamanca when I first visited during Easter. Then Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (which felt oddly like I was in Portugal). I love the wide streets and cosmopolitan feel of Madrid! Love from across the border!
Very good summary with nice tips for newcomers to the Peninsula who might mistake one for the other. It's not fair that the Portuguese Constitution doesn't allow referenda for the country to return as a Monarchy. I wonder under whose decree...
Spanish people tend to speak louder and to be prouder of their country. The gastronomy is amazing in both countries but the portuguese one is healthier with a lot of fish and vegetables. We were rivals in the past mainly because of survival, but now we can't live without each other. :-)
"and to be prouder of their country" excuse me? are we living in the same world? Portuguese are actually prouder of their country since it is a homogeneous country, in Spain it's more regional lol clearly you don't know Spain
I'm spanish and I don't care if someone sees spain and portugal the same, we are like bros, at least in spain, we have hate for france and for certain autonomies in spain, but we never hate portugal, I feel like they are just an alternative spain, and we are an alternative portugal
My grand mother on my mother's side was Spanish and my grand father Portuguese. In both my mom's and my father's ancestry lines there are multiple "Iberian" marriages, from Algarve to Cataluña, from the Basque to Galicia, from Estremadura to Andalusia, etc. It is very "awe'wkward" 😁living with all these cultures within me and we keep close contact with each other which makes it a continuous cultural cauldron. DNA results also provided me with North Affrican - Moroccan genes and Ashkenazi blood. So what am I?... an Iberian.
I’m Filipino living in Portugal for 13 years now and visited Spain several time specially in Galicia coz I live in Braga northern part of Portugal and I will say both countries are good place to live
Very good video! About lunch and dinner times in Spain I agree the fact that we are not in the right time zone (Greenwich meridian passes 100 Kms east of Zaragoza!) But what has been more determining in changing the habit and eating at 2pm instead of 12pm was the 1930s crisis. Those days only the man in the house worked and the economical crisis made works scares and paychecks low so the head of the family needed 2 jobs, one in the morning 8am-2pm and another one after 3pm. So the family had to move their eating habits to wait for the "boss"... And siesta is not that Spanish, my grandfathers used to siesta 20 mins at lunchtime everyday and they never went out of their alpin valleys (and much less abroad!). My colleagues when I was in SEAsia also used to have a 15 mins siesta in their cubicle.
Im spanish, i never study portuguese, but we can read portuguise without problem, i will say, we understand 99% reading portuguese, but listening is diferent cause they have an accent , but still we understand i will say 85% by listening or even more, we are brothers, we are really almost the same
Hello everyone!, Considering Portugal and Spain as Mediterranean countries seems a big mistake to me. Portugal is Atlantic and a great part of Spain, too. In fact almost the half or more of Spain has a Celtic background, only the Mediterranean areas are Iberian. Comparing an Asturian to an Andalusian is like comparing an Irish and a Greek. An Asturian has more in common with people from the North of Portugal, Ireland, Wales, Scotland or Brittany than with an Andalusian or Valencian. You haven't mentioned either the Aranese and Basque languages in Spain, which happens to be a very varied country in all the aspects. The Basques had a terrorist and separatist group called ETA that put bombs and killed many people! It's the most different language of all. The rest of the languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula come, like French, Italian or Romanian, from Latin, that is why they are very similar. For example, in Portuguese they say: "Bon día", sorry, the spelling is probably wrong 😓, and in Asturian is : "Bon díi", so it's understandable. I'd love to learn Portuguese and Mirandeze, which is an official language in Portugal. Mirandés is a dialect of Asturian language, this one, however, is not official in Spain, they have been repressing us for centuries and want it to disappear. But are still learning and speaking it! As for the Spanish not speaking languages... Let me tell you that a good number, especially in the Atlantic, are bilingual and then learn English at school, but they are shy and think they do it badly, so they don't say they can do it. I can speak four languages fluently, Asturian, Spanish, English and French. Even only speaking Asturian and Spanish I would speak more languages than most Brits or Americans do... 😘😘😘A big hug to my dear Portuguese people!
The time zone oddity of Spain does now make it clearer why things are done "later" in the day - seeing midday is 2:30 than the usual 12 or so I see why it isn't as unnusual to eat dinner in just 7 hours after midday.
In Galicia there's a movement for unification with parts of Portugal it's called portugalicia. Bosque of the oldest indigenous group and language spoken in the Iberian Coast peninsula Catalan is extremely different and valenciana is similar it's a language based off it mixed with old Celtic because the Celts were once rulers of a lot of what is now community of Valencia in castiliano is the language everyone speaks and they think it's called Spanish in the world its not its castiliano
Normal lunch for Portugal and consider happy hours meals for Spain. Late dinner for both. Then what are their usual time for breakfast? I assume it has to be after 08:00 to 09:00 am for them??
All I have to say is that us Portuguese were very nice to have not conquered and annexed Spain all these years during one of their siestas lol! Joking ofc. Love to our Spanish brothers, from Portugal!
As a Galician I feel closer to Portugal (northern) than I do to Andalucia or Catalonia, even though technically we are a different country than Portugal and the same one as the other two. Lunch time is different but just in the youngest generations, mi grandparents ate at portuguese lunch time for all of their lives. And, of course, we share a language the same way valencian is the same as catalonian, brasilian and portuguese or Spanish from any country in America and Spanish from Spain, just political reasons kept it for being call the same. And finally, Galicia should be in Portugal time zone, sunset in summer is at 22 hours, but, again, politics.
The Portuguese people should insist on speaking their own language with foreigners. Portuguese is the official language of countries in four continents. It is an official language of the United Nations as well as the Pan American Union and the African Union. Portuguese is one of the languages with most speakers worldwide. Portuguese people please stand firm.
Spain did not name the newly discovered territories as "the Americas", Spain used the term America for the entire continent, from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere.
Hello. You forgot to mention that in Spain there are two different time slots as well. In the Canary Islands there is one hour less than in the peninsula. You should also mention that unlike Spain in Portugal there is unfortunately a law in its constitution that prohibits the creation of independence parties with their own identity as there was in Madeira in the 70's. Now it is forbidden to create nationalist movements in Portugal. Spain and Portugal are two great countries that should go hand in hand, as has been shown with the Iberian energy exception, where the two united countries have achieved improvements for both countries. Always united hand in hand we are stronger than if we turn our backs 🇪🇦♥️🇵🇹 🇵🇹♥️🇪🇦
The Canary Islands timezone is on the screen during that part of the video (because I added it during the editing process, after I had finished filming).
Spain as a 'fiesta' and high energy way of communicating and music, ( in general ! ) whereas Portugal, the national music is slow and introspective, as well as it is generally calmer.
I can say that the spanish protect very well their traditions, we portuguese in should sometimes speak more about some things. We feel in all portugal (also in madeira /azores), portuguese, in spain it's not the same. In general the portuguese are much friendlier. We like to help. And we like to speak and learn other languages. We adapt to other cultures. Foreign films/series in Portugal are heard with the original voice
Yo estuve en Portugal y me gusto todo. Lo que mas el bacalao y la camarera del Restaurante. ( Aparte del paisaje, los monumentos y la hospitalidad de la gente ). Y lo que menos, que entendia todo lo que estaba escrito pero poco cuando lo hablaban.
I find Portugal to be much friendlier, so it surprised me that you characterized it as formal (although Portugal does put a "the" in front of senhor and senhora, so I guess that's being more formal). That said: I agree with Rick Steves, who once said, "if you feel that in Spain you can't do anything right, in Portugal you'll feel like you can't do anything wrong." Portugal has much better wine, too, and not just because of Port. There's also Madeira. And the great Portuguese rosé wines. And, maybe best of all, Portuguese vinho verde, a nicely tart white wine. But I do understand that "better wine" is an extremely subjective metric.
I think he meant that the form of speach is more formal, as he said it's quite common to address associates by professional titles (dr., eng., prof., etc.), it's also common to address people you don't know well in the third person, for example instead of saying "Alice would you like some tea?" you'd say "Would Alice like some tea?".
I'm 1/4 Catalan, and still proudly hold the Catalan family name. When Catalunya voted to succeed, I literally felt it in my bones from across the Atlantic. EFF the Spanish.
One thing that has surprised me a lot this past few years is that a lot of americans are now aware of Portugal to the point in most map challenges ameeicans manage to identify Portugal on an europe map with almost 100% accuracy. It didnt used to be that way years ago.
As a spaniard, one thing that drive us crazy is the fact that Portugueses do understand 95% when we talk, while we don't (except galicians) because of their prononciation (they tend to "eat" the vowels). Then, when we read written portuguese, we do understand almost all of it. Nevertheless, we are good neighbours and we get along pretty well. We both share a similar cultural and historical heritage and our influence in the "new world" is much more than evident. I wish all the best for our neighbours and a prosperous future to the good people of both of our nations. Boa sorte na Copa do Mundo irmãos ;)
Its true, i understand 95% of spanish... never understood why spanish have trouble understanding portuguese because is so similar. I love spain, "nuestros hermanos" :)
Love the Spanish
É verdade. Percebemos quase tudo. Ehehe :) Mas se vocês tiverem paciência para tentar entender e nós falarmos devagar também conseguem.
So true. Spain is our big brother country.
@@ritacastro5632 correction, its ours "big little brother". As a country they are bigger but we are much older than them.
I'm Spanish. Two best countries to live in Earth! Best meals above all also. I travel frecuently to Portugal and love that country as i love mine.
Gracias!
Omg I just said that! lol.
Ι'm greek and I love both countries - greetings to our iberian brothers!
Love you back
Thank you! Likewise!
Love to Greece from Spain!
Love you back form Galicia (yeah, Northen Spain). I dreamed with see the Acrópolis, even that I rejected to see geek monuments in the British Museum when I went. I want see them in Greece!! and of course, I would love to feel the Mediterranean and its light, and see your beautiful islands and places
@@slayer.trades gracias por tus amables palabras. Tengo muchas ganas de conocer Galicia, es una tierra preciosa. Yo soy de Corfú, una isla del mar jónico :)
Admiration, respect and affection for our Portuguese brothers. We have much more in common than what differentiates us.
Por supuesto! Saludos desde Portugal
Thanks brother, a português from Lisboa
Yo soy un portugués que piensa que los españoles son los nuestros hermanos. Me encanta
Gracia, amigo.
É verdade.
Spain and Portugal are so similar yet so different. This will be interesting to see
Yep!
Every Region of Spain is so similar yet so different too hahaha for example, Andalucia vs Asturias, Catalonia vs the basque country, etc etc
@@carpetano4491 norte e alentejo.
@Alexandre Mendes So did basically the entirety of Asia,Africa and Europe
@Alexandre Mendes You're saying it like that Portugal was the only country that was never taken over by Spain even though most of the world has never been taken over by them either
I'm half Spanish, half Portuguese. Can't wait for this one!
The ultimate Iberian citizen
based
Jajaja yo también. Somos gemelos
Same here lol.
@@iberoradicalaccount1042 missing the 33% andorran or english, lol
Two of my favorite countries, love Portugal & Spain from Brazil 🇧🇷❤🇵🇹🇪🇸
two* 👍🏻 😁
@@canonicstory he is brazilian xD
I noticed that portugese are generally more proficient in english than spanish. I'd say it's partly due to the lack of dubbing in cinemas and tv.
That makes sense. Also there are only a handful of countries that speak Portuguese whereas Spanish is spoken from Mexico on down in the entire western hemisphere minus Brazil and a couple other small countries.
Orgulloso de no saber inglés 🇪🇦
@@Lacteagalaxia That's like saying you're proud of not knowing how to multiply numbers or proud of not knowing how to drive.
@@alejandrotraid6677 For one you are right. It's not good to loose your culture from the imposition of the anglo-saxon cultural hegemony as you say.
But on the other side, it's great that you are able to communicate with billions of people and know more about their cultures.
@@alejandrotraid6677 that'll never happen. English is a universal language.
Some differences that I've noticed in Spain as a fellow Portuguese:
1. Spaniards are louder and seem to go out more to the streets for beer/food
2. Although we look similar I think there are more blond people, lighter skin in Spain and sometimes they look more Italian or French to me idk lol (also more diversity in general)
3. Food wise I believe Spain does "tapas" better than our "petiscos". So if you're having a beer or wine it's easier to find snacks at more places rather than in Portugal I feel. As far as a proper meal goes I recommend sticking with Portuguese food tho 😏
Love Spain, wishing all my Iberian brothers the best !!!
Eles vão para a rua socializar. São muito mais sociais que nós.
As a tourist who has visited both countries several times, I find Spanish people generally more welcoming and kind.
@@PureAlbania também me deu essa ideia. Já estive em Madrid e Sevilha e as ruas estavam sempre cheias de gente nas esplanadas, parques... Nós gostamos de ir à rua mas eles acho que nos ganham nisso!
@@lemonz1769 they can't even speak English tho... Surely they cursed you out in spanish many times but you just didn't notice 🤣🤣
Na verdade nem é assim tanto. Portugal tem a maior percentagem de pessoas loiras e ruivas no sul da Europa
I loved it. I live in Galicia, about 20km from the mountainous border. There is a feeling of continuity, in a linguistic, architectural, and landscape sense. However, the northern Portuguese are faithful to their earlier lunchtime, which is, in a way, the only real shock you would experience upon crossing. Well, that, and the automatic text message your phone recieves informing you about the roaming conditions.
Roaming conditions i receive a lot of those even i dont cross the border.
I have a house in Castro Marim and when travel to Mertola inside Portugal usingf the IC27 i receive a lot of texts... Of course i put gas (petrol) in Spain because is the only thing i think is more cheap than in Portugal at least in Algarve.
@@arturjcrebelo3275Me too! I also have a house in Castro Marim and it's the same for me.
You know, we up in northern Portugal feel exactly the same when crossing to Galicia 😊
Portuguese is a dialect of gallego
Se isso vos faz felizes...
I'm a portuguese living in Spain! I'm so grateful for the opportunity I'm getting on ny neighbor, Spain is an amazing country and I was super well accepted by everyone, I don't even feel a foreigner here!
great video, always well informed! from my perspective I would say most Portuguese would have dinner before 9 when eating at home. As for the Portuguese being more formal, it’s true however the use of that formal language is also heavily associated with politeness towards any stranger and older people...
Exactly. When dinning at a restaurant with friends, usually, expect it to start between 9:00 and 9:30 pm. People also tend to be late about 15 minutes. But when at home with your family, dinner is at 20:00. Sometimes, elderly eat earlier, like at 19:00 or even at 18:00 (!!!), especially in winter. They tend to go to bed as soon as it goes dark.
Two of my favourite countries in the world. I love both Portugal & Spain! Portuguese and Spanish people are amazing and the language, culture and food are second to none!!! From UK 🇬🇧
José Saramago (Portuguese writer & Nobel prize laureate) said Portugal and Spain were 2 siamese brothers joined at the back, who could not look at each other.
It is quite spot on, as historically Portugal's alliance with England (historic enemy of Spain who later allied with France) has separated them.
Geography also helped, as the area between both countries is sparsely populated and generally mountainous.
Today both peoples are very close again and ties are getting stronger with every generation. Thar said, I think most Spaniards might still feel culturally closer to Italy for some reason.
But we are all Latin cousins so cheers!
That is very much true! We Portuguese know sometimes less about Spain than we know about England or France, which is a pity, because Spain has incredible wealth in most things: history, architecture, arts (for the last 30000 years), food, landscapes and nature.
Pues yo cómo español por supuesto que me siento cercano a los italianos porque son nuestros primos, pero me siento mucho más cercano a los portugueses porque son nuestro hermanos.
@@mclabec1946 Quizás para uno que viva relativamente cerca de Portugal sí
Portuguese people also feel closer to Italians or French than Spaniards.
Great video as usual, Paul, thank you.
I love both Spain and Portugal. So similar and so different at the same time.
I have a very slight preference for Spain because - as an Italian native - I find Spanish easier to learn than Portuguese and because I do prefer the Mediterranean sea over the Atlantic ocean (or indeed any ocean) for my holidays.
Both countries are immensely rich in places to visit and the two peoples, although different, are both lovely.
Grazie!
@@vervideosgiros1156 Italia, il mio paese favorito. Baci da Madrid
@@jgil848 Ahaha! Yo tambien no soy italiana, yo soy portuguesa! Saludos desde Portugal!
@@vervideosgiros1156 Também gosto muito de Portugal.
@@jgil848 😉 ♥️🇵🇹🇪🇦🇮🇹
I love Portugal, the landscape, the people, their language, food, culture…we have so much in common. Probably there are no other country in Europe with such a close feeling that a future confederation would be a very possible bet. Saudade from Spain.
Spain can’t even keep itself together right now, the last thing it needs is another autonomous separate ethno-linguistic group within the kingdom.
Also, I doubt Portugal would ever entertain a union with Spain so long as Spain is a kingdom. Portugal is proudly republican.
Oh, and historically joining Spain hadn’t worked out well for Portugal. Amidst the Iberian Union. It strained Portugal’s friendship with England and nearly destroyed the Portuguese Empire
Respect from Portugal to my Spanish brothers and sisters. We speak 2 of the sexiest languages in the world 🙃
Great video. Just a correction. Spanish monarchy was not restored "after a period as a republic under the leadership of Francisco Franco", that period was a Franciso Franco's dictatorship after a civil war that abolished the republic in 1939.
You are right. Franco considered himself a king in some way. Actually he stablished the "Consejo del Reino" (Kingdom Council) and assumed lot of the roles which traditionally were attributes of the monarchy.
I don't think any historian (or Spanish citizen) has ever considered the dictatorship period as a republic. The dictator even granted titles of nobility.
Love the channel, but this is an important blunder, sorry.
@@jprietoprieto Franco never regarded himself as a king. Spain's official name back then was actually Spanish State not Kingdom of Spain.
@@karm3667 You are wrong. "España, como unidad política, es un Estado católico, social y representativo que, de acuerdo con su tradición, se declara constituido en Reino". "Spain, as a political unit, is a Catholic, social and representative State which, in accordance with its tradition, declares itself constituted as a Kingdom". Article 1 of the Law of Succession 1947 approved by the Cortes and subsequent referendum.
You also failed to mention that Portugal went under went autocratic rule after having a republic it was overthrown and they had almost as long of a dictatorship as Spain so they both went through that but when they got out of that Portugal went back to a republic and Spain went to a constitutional monarchy
Every single region of Spain is very different too, comparing the basque country with Andalucia, or Galicia with Catalonia, etc. Btw I love Portugal, I truly love it and I'm Castilian :P in the past both regions were always competing to see who was the best, this seems to be a characteristic of all the regions that make up this beautiful Iberian peninsula. We are so similar and at the same time so different, this applies to the other regions of Spain too.
every region in Portugal is different too
@@skurinski Yes, but it can never be compared to the diversity that exists in Spain, 85% of the Iberian peninsula
Andorra would love to share the Iberian Peninsula with its southern neighbors!
Andorra may be an independent country, but socially and linguistically is another part of Spain. Castilian is the dominant language in Andorra, not being official though. The Andorrans are very aware of everything going on in Spain. They watch the Spanish TV channels and listen to the Spanish radio.
@@karm3667 What about a French president ruling with a bishop?
@@revinhatol Creo que más es por representación que otra cosa.
Andorra a estado ligada más a España que a Francia y entendería porque los Franceses siempre an visto mal a los que somos de la península Ibérica y Andorra es parte también .
@@revinhatol What do you mean? The French president is the case of an aristocratic title voted by the people and the case of a world leader voted by the people of one country to rule another country. The official language in Andorra is Catalan, but Castilian is the dominant language in Andorra. Step into an Andorra police station and you'll hear all the police members speaking Castilian among themselves. The Andorrans know very well all the Spanish politicians, singers, actors and so on, but not so well the French ones.
@@karm3667 I know, they're learning. And I've even talked about the Bishop of Urgell.
Just one comment. Everything was quite right besides dinner time. In Portugal 🇵🇹 we usually eat at 8pm or 8.30 pm. Congratulations for your good work.
Well, it depends on the time. It's still not as different as in Spain, since they are one hour ahead...
Yes, I would say that the average in Portugal is 13h for lunch and 20h for dinner...
Yes, I would say PT normal dinner time to be 8-9.30 while in ES 9.30 I feel it too early...maybe 9.30-10.30
@@TheEloyMiranda It's almost the same time since Spain is one hour ahead.
@@diogorodrigues747 it's not the same time, it's almost simultaneously. Same time no, because it changes the rhythm of life
Portugal and Spain membership in the EU jelped ending a lot od the traditional rivalry and suspicion among the two people and today we get along very well. Lots of spanish tourists visit Portugal every year, much to my surprise given how packed Spain is with monuments and natural beauty but they are very welconed to stay here.
Viva a península Ibérica 👏👏👏👏🇵🇹🇪🇸
Viva !
Main differences IMHO: 1) language proficiency in Portugal is better (because we're perhaps more exposed to foreign cultures in the media); 2) lunch time sure differs (12:00 in PT, 14:00 in Spain) (which is ok on holidays, but schedule work meetings can be more complicated, although 1h difrence certainly helps to balance it out between Portuguese and Spanish); 3) Spanish are more outgoing, we seem more introverted; 4) although Portuguese talk loud in family lunches and dinners (you only have a point when you speak it louder than all the others :D), we usually keep it low outdoors, but such is not the case with Spanish in general; 5) Portuguese, generally speaking, do not cherish enough their culture/music, but Spanish market it pretty well. I have to admit, we have a lot of things in common, one of the most obvious to foreigners is the time at which we go to bed: going before midnight is a totally alien concept (except for kids and elderly).
we all know the master of culture marketing is Italy hahaha
We Spaniards love our Portuguese neighbours and always have good relationships. We have so many things in common that we can consider cousins rather than neighbours 🇵🇹🫶🏼🇪🇸
brothers* we have the same blood
La misma mama - Iberia - y el mismo papa - Imperio Romano. Nuestros abuellos eran tabien los mismos (Iberos y Celtas).
As Spaniard from Barcelona I must congratulate you for such a well documented video. I just would mention "castúo" among the non-official Spanish languages and put some emphasis on the fact that "siesta" is a cliche (at least on working days). Another difference I've noticed between Spaniards and Portuguese: they are quieter. If you are sharing a long-trip train with Iberian youngters, pray the Lord that they may be from Portugal.
Portugueses - hospitality and friendliness
Very proud to see this video as a portuguese, one thing i note is that we make an effort to speak spanish when theyre here but not the other way around, another thing is that theyre louder than us
Es porque si entendemos un poco portugués osea algunas palabras se parecen y otras intuimos que podrían ser o significar . Por otro lado creo que somos más expresivos a la hora de hablar 😁 y alzar la voz y mover las manos es como poder más expresar lo que sentimos no solo con palabras.
Hermanos portugués también son queridos aquí en España ,pero sentimos que no les gusta hacer lazos con nosotros ,haber es como que en vez de tener diálogos para hacer tratos es como más silencioso todo en nuestra relación .
@@Merry19ssNa verdade queremos muito essa aproximação, são milhares de portugueses que atrvessam a fronteira para desfrutar da vossa boa vida e bons preços. Abraço.
Yup.
Spanish ,Italians & Americans are the loudest.
@@Merry19ss Nos gusta sí, pero nosotros no tenemos tanto "salero" como vosotros! 🇵🇹🇪🇦
@@corpi8784 Italians from the South. North Italians are not that loud.
Excellent video. I speak Spanish and English but have difficulty in understanding spoken Portuguese. Spoken Italian on occasions can be easier to understand but written Portuguese is easier to follow than written Italian,
Somos diferentemente iguais! ;)
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In Portugal we usually eat at 13h (lunch break 13h-14h) and most people have dinner at 8h or 8h30. It's not that late, because we eat 4 times a day, not just 3. In Spain they take a nap, not because of whatever time, but because the center of Spain is really hot in the summer, and who can work when it's hot as hell?!
speak for yourself bro, down here in the south we eat from 12-13H
Really? I think in Lisbon, 12 p.m. is quite early to lunch, but some people would eat at that time. I think some restaurants only start serving at 12:30, normally until 2:30 or 3 p.m. Many people nowadays will have dinner at 9 p.m., something that has changed over the years - when I was younger, it would be considered a very late dinner, and I still know restaurants that would not be happy if you try to make a reservation so late, they would say 8:30 p.m. instead. But those are older, more traditional restaurants. But while it's common to have dinner at 8 or 9 p.m., I'm not sure it's accurate to say 9 p.m is the "normal" hour to have dinner in Portugal. Most restaurants would start serving at 7:30 until 10 or 11 p.m. The time the kitchen or the restaurant closes will depend a lot of the area where it is located.
@@Ghostsise A maioria dos empregos que têm horário fixo de almoço é a essa hora. Obviamente que em dias de folga as pessoas fazem o horário que quiserem. Acho de muito mau gosto a alcunha que escolheu...
@@vervideosgiros1156 why do you Say that?
@@Ghostsise I thought you were portuguese. Do you think it's a nice nickname? I don't think so...
I learned the hard way from my ex Brazilian wife and my Galician friend that Portugal and Spain and Galicia are indeed different animals. I never knew how insanely diverse Spain is and how similar in syntax and grammar Portuguese is to Greek. Amazing video as always
greetings from Brazil watching I love both countries very much
🇧🇷♥️🇵🇹🇪🇸
As a spaniard, i love both countries
I'm always surprised by the accuracy of your videos. For a moment I thought you wouldn't mention the mirandese and astur-leonese language. Not only you did, but noted its relation, you're a pro!
I'm originally from a neighboring area of Portugal. There's even a town splitted in two by the border. People there speak and mix both languages, having their own "portuñol" variety. I first had my ID to go shopping to Portugal when I was a kid (before UE free movement was stablish), and I go from time to time. Maybe because of that I don't feel like being "totally abroad" when I go to Portugal. It's more like visiting a close relative.
Portuguese are indeed more proficient in English, probably thanks to their lack of doubbing. I also feel that Portugal is a bit more culturally cohesive from north to south (islands like Madeira appart), while Spain has deeper differences between it's regions (maybe a Portuguese won't agree, idk).
You rigth in almost everything, im from madeira and im very proud beeing portuguese.
@@joaoteixeira7410 I visited Madeira once. Wonderful island! I found particular the architectural style.
@@Alovar13 the style is ( estilo manuelino) .glad that you enjoy it.
I realy dont notice significant cultural difference between the continent and the islands,
@@j.dasilva4567 Existe algumas diferenças mas felizmente somos um país muito unido culturalmente.
one note on Lunch and Dinner times in Portugal: while it is not uncommon to see people have meals at those times (12:00 // 21:00) more usual in Portugal is 13:00 and 20:00, which also coincides with the afternoon and evening Main news program.
We may be percieved as more formal in Portugal, but i think in reality our society just raises us up to be more polite
This was so very educational.
Thank you so very much Paul
I have already studyed in Portugal for a year and I've already been to Spain (Castile and Catalonia). I love both countries! According to the DNA test taken from my blood, I'm mostly Iberian and Italian (country which I have also already lived in). All of that makes me a proud Latin, son of Rome, blessed by Venus, godess of love and beauty.
Well said!
Such Idolatry and Heresy
That's pure paganism 😨 😰
I'm PT 🇵🇹 too and I'm not like that, thanks God! 🙏🏻 😇
@@mikidias what's the problem with paganism? Take care of your own life! 😊😉
@@fernandovilela3803 Touché! I live in Portugal, but Italy probably is my favorite country in the world. I also love Spain. My heritage goes back to northern Europe and the British Isles, made up primarily of Irish, German, eastern French, basically the border area between Germany and France, a little bit of Finnish or Scandinavian and Scottish. I find the Latin culture is much more sexy, the food better the artist terrific I am kind of stuck with the work ethic. The Irish guilt and shame tendency to moodiness and depression, and we are economically successful. Lol.😊
As a Spaniard something that always strikes my when I go to Portugal is that It's much quieter there. In Spain everybody speaks very loud and the ambient is quite noisy specially in bars, restaurants and pubs. It is a storng contrast with the quietness of those places in Portugal. I envy that.
Actually most of Europe is quite but Spain. Spain is different.
I do not like how noisy we Spanish people are, I like portugueses people because they are more quieter, I would like both countries uníte politically with ministries in Lisbon and Madrid, I know how difficult The thing IS but together we both would be stronger it' s a pity for me even The bad communications by rail both countries have, congratulations Friends from Portugal
Im portuguese, and its 00.37h and i am having dinner right now
I like Portugal very much. One of my favourite country
I've lived in Portugal 3 years now and definitely prefer it to Spain. The Portuguese are calmer and the state doesn't hunt residents. Just a few days in Spain on a vacation costed me hundreds of euros of fines for speeding. Though I did not realize I was actually speeding when I had 4 and 6 km over limit, according to the fine receipts. Never fined for speeding in Portugal where common sense is enough on the road.
Thank you for your money 🥰
Do you complain that you are fined for breaking the country's rules? Now, this is fun.
You cannot go by 4 or 5 kilometers because the ranges in which the radar does not fine you are over 10 km.
You should have gone faster, but you lie that something remains.
@@McLarry88, the video was about the two countries. My comment was to show the difference.
The stricter Spain has a better economy and other advantages over loose Portugal. Lower prices, better salaries, more order and reliable services.
Why do you lie about 5 km when I wrote 4-6? It seems like you are as full of shit as you like to blame others. It was interesting to hear about the radar limitations. But you are not a gentleman enough to ask questions and continue the conversation.
I hope you find love and get laid once in a while.
I'm from Portugal and i do eat dinner at 7:30pm rather than 9pm.
Ok but you're weird lmao pretty much everyone under 60 has dinner from 8-10pm
How old are you?
I'm under 30 years old (28). I just see no point on eating the last big meal of the day that late when the rest of the world eats dinner way before 9pm and even earlier than i do. And before you all ask me what time i go to bed, i can tell you i always go to bed after midnight.
@@34cvc 7h00-8h00 ok but 10h00??
First time I find someone who does the same thing aleluia I'm not the only one
Cant wait for all the portuguese commenters to say "no we dont speak Spanish stop mixing us up with Spain"
It's true, though
Don't mix us but we understand Spanish perfectly. They don't understand Portuguese.
@@PureAlbania Galicians do.
@@SiRcErOn_YuLmEr True :)
Still waiting.
As a spaniard we have to admit we are louder, (sometimes it embarrasses me), portuguese are more polite. On the other hand we live more outdoors
You underestimate how much it rains in northern Portugal.
It’s just comparative to northern Spain.
I dont know much about Portuguese culture but its interesting look at how different their language sounds from Spanish for being so closely related
To my ear, Portuguese from portugal sounds similar to western eu languages like French and English
Whereas Spanish from Spain sounds more similar southern eu languages like Italian and Greek
Might have to do with which cultures influenced them more
Many words are very similar, and both derived from latin.
Medieval Spanish used to share more sounds with Portuguese than current Spanish, but Spanish evolved in a way (simplification) while I think Portuguese evolved the other way (adding more sounds)
El español y el portugués tienen las mismas mezclas, tienen las mismas influencias... Mira un libro de historia ...
@@leovigildo9706 Se refiere principalmente a las vocales. En español se simplificaron hasta las 5 actuales, y en portugues hay mas vocales (8 pronunciadas, creo, aunque escritas se distinguen las mismas 5 y las otras por la cedilla)
Portugal and Spain are not that closely related. Only since the XX century was there a time of relative peace. For most of the rest, Spain, or Castille-Aragon rather, was perceived as enemies (and acted as such), which created a sense of being islanders for the Portuguese. Many famous Portuguese thinkers have stated this (Lourenço, Saraiva, etc)
1.) what is the lexical similarity( measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar.) between Portugese and Spanish
2.) What is the lexical similarity to when languages are considered mutually interchangable?
3.) What are the most lexical similar languages in the world & Europe(with percentile estimates) Thank you.
The lexical similarity is extremely high, he did a video about lexical similarity between all the romance languages in the past on the LangFocus channel and Portuguese and Spanish were the most similar (but a decent bit more similar if it's Brazilian Portuguese as opposed to Portugal).
I speak Spanish at a high level, and personally I understood almost nothing when I visited Portugal and listened to people speak. It might as well have been Russian most of the time. However, if I see it written down I can understand almost all of it, it's just the phonetics that are very different. Spanish is pronounced exactly how it's written (once you know the alphabet), whereas Portuguese is not, which I guess is why it's generally said that Portuguese speakers can understand Spanish but Spanish speakers cannot understand Portuguese.
He made a video in his other channel Langfocus about the similarities between both langagues
I think it's risky to believe percentage of lexical similarities is representative to differentiate languages. Linguistic or not, there are many other parameters to take account for.
@@PainterVierax so what to consider to consider how close languages are?
I think lexical similarity is around 90% between SPA and POR. There isn't a magical number beacuse intelligibility comes mostly from pronounciation and there is where the two languages are the farthest from each other, around 60%( I would say). Italian and Spanish are far more mutually intelligible although there is less lexical similarity (80/85%) beacuse their phonetics are almost the same.
It absolutely gets as hot in Portugal, in fact the maximum record temperatures of Spain and Portugal are the same
I never thought about the formality thing, I thought Portugal was on the same level than Spain. Also I'm realizing how much informal is Spain for the rest of Europe 😅 I'm also amazed by the exclamation mark after the 9.30 pm dinner, that's sooo normal here 😅 and it could be even later hehe
Portugal também é informal como a Espanha. As pessoas novas tratam os estranhos informalmente e muitos estranhos até mais velhos também. As únicas formalidades é com diferenças muito grandes de idade e situações profissionais. (Escrevi em português porque imagino que consigas entender) Força irmão ibérico
@@andreribeiro521 Eu sou de Argentina kk mas sim entendi tudo!
@@andreribeiro521 cala te e não fala m3rda. Em Espanha eles usam tu até em embalagens e anúncios do governo isso é IMPENSÁVEL em Portugal, somos formais para tudo que não seja pessoal.
@@LHollan Desculpa mas isso não é verdade nem um pouco. Se calhar já foi, mas agora certamente não é. Tudo o que é pessoas da minha faixa etária sejam conhecidos, amigos, desconhecidos ou até pessoas dde graus hierarquicos superiores mais novos tratam-se por tu. Isso é factual e generalizado, não sei em que parte de cascais é que vives, mas as únicas alturas em que me tratam por você é quando me querem impinjir alguma coisa ou se trata de pessoas de idade. Se não for assim na tua zona tenho pena mas não me digas que estou a falar merda quando é o meu ambiente de português há mais de duas décadas
@@andreribeiro521 jovens tratam se como quiserem até em França, mas na vida adulta toda a gente é formal em empresas, reuniões etc, mas para além disso a grande maioria das publicidades de TV usam “você” e suas formas pronominais! Todos os produtos que compras usam você e formas nominais nos rótulos e modo de utilização. Diz me quando foste num supermercado e o rótulo de um produto usava “tu”?! E sim nos países hispânicos até em rótulos de produtos eles usam tu, são uma sociedade infinitamente mais informal.
Love both countries, culture, people, food. A few very subjective / personal contrasts:
Spaniards: more stylish, elegant
Portuguese: more humble, friendlier
Wine: Portuguese better reds, Spain better whites
Food: Spanish more refined, Portuguese simpler but very rewarding
Climate: more diversity in Spain, but personally I prefer the Atlantic over the Mediterranneean
Golf: Portugal slightly better, due to climate (less dry)
Language: Portuguese sounds harsher than Spanish, but also sounds more intriguing and interesting
Football: delicate one...but the numbers don't lie. Spain is better, even though Spain has never had the equivalent of C. Ronaldo
Thanks Paul. I've enjoyed this video!
Sevilla really looks so nice to live in ❤
From the title I knew there will be something wrong :)
Portugal don't have launch at noon, where did you get that?
Most restaurants only open at 12h30. Usually people launch from 13h to 14h and dinner from 20h to 21h.
Well, different people say different things.
"I knew you would get something wrong" - Believe me, there is no way to post a video and not "get something wrong", because there is always someone who disagrees, always. It doesn't matter what you say. Most of you don't know because you don't do this. You just think what's in your head is correct and that nobody would ever disagree. But believe me, they would.
@@PureAlbania - I couldn't agree more. Some people should be a bit more humble and accept they're wrong instead of lashing out at the person who corrected them.
@@module79l28 Estou muito de acordo.E isso mesmo.
@@PureAlbania hours of meals at Spain are generacally later than in Portugal. I worked a lot of years on a spanish Bank at Lisbon, and some spanish colleagues we work with always be surprised when we go lunch at 12H... for they there was a bit insane
@@josepires2484 Eu diria que a hora de almoço em Portugal ronda as 13h. 12h é cedo para a maior parte das pessoas. Jantar é as 20h e às 21h no verão
As someone who knows Spain very well and Portugal not really at all, I was surprised to learn that the Portuguese eat lunch at noon! I was also surprised that Portugal is considered more formal than Spain.
You can stop being surprised because people who eat lunch at noon here are the exception, not the norm. I don't know where he got that idea from. The earlier I've seen people lunch is around 12:30h and it's usually construction workers who have a shorter lunch period. The large majority of people lunch past 1 o'clock and some even at around 2 o'clock.
@@module79l28 Okay, so it is more like Spain then.
@@robthetraveler1099 in Portugal like in the rest of Europe we eat between 12h and 13h. In Spain the normal os after 15h
@@frapiment6239 Nem em Portugal nem no resto da Europa,se come das 12 as13 ,mas sim a partir das 13 .Fora uma excepção,claro.
@@mariaglorica9435 o almoço inicia-se em Portugal as 12h00 e o mais tarde que se costuma iniciar essa refeição ė as 13h30. Claro que o fim já vai depender.
As a portuguese, I am contractually obliged to mention Aljubarrota whenever anyone compares Spain and Portugal, so... how do you like our bread Castillans uh? Come and get some!
Now that that is out of the way, I love Spain. I fell in love with Salamanca when I first visited during Easter. Then Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (which felt oddly like I was in Portugal). I love the wide streets and cosmopolitan feel of Madrid! Love from across the border!
Very good summary with nice tips for newcomers to the Peninsula who might mistake one for the other. It's not fair that the Portuguese Constitution doesn't allow referenda for the country to return as a Monarchy. I wonder under whose decree...
Spanish people tend to speak louder and to be prouder of their country. The gastronomy is amazing in both countries but the portuguese one is healthier with a lot of fish and vegetables.
We were rivals in the past mainly because of survival, but now we can't live without each other. :-)
"and to be prouder of their country" excuse me? are we living in the same world? Portuguese are actually prouder of their country since it is a homogeneous country, in Spain it's more regional lol clearly you don't know Spain
I'm spanish and I don't care if someone sees spain and portugal the same, we are like bros, at least in spain, we have hate for france and for certain autonomies in spain, but we never hate portugal, I feel like they are just an alternative spain, and we are an alternative portugal
Yes, people in Spain generally hate Italy and France according to my personal experience.
I am portuguese and i like my country 🇵🇹
E eu gosto do seu país con quen estamos a partilhar ista península que e o noso lar.
Tão diferentes e tão iguais.
I’ve been to Spain. This video makes me want to explore Portugal and Ronaldo.
Portugal is bigger than Benelux combined by the way.
My grand mother on my mother's side was Spanish and my grand father Portuguese. In both my mom's and my father's ancestry lines there are multiple "Iberian" marriages, from Algarve to Cataluña, from the Basque to Galicia, from Estremadura to Andalusia, etc. It is very "awe'wkward" 😁living with all these cultures within me and we keep close contact with each other which makes it a continuous cultural cauldron. DNA results also provided me with North Affrican - Moroccan genes and Ashkenazi blood. So what am I?... an Iberian.
food is quite different too
I’m Filipino living in Portugal for 13 years now and visited Spain several time specially in Galicia coz I live in Braga northern part of Portugal and I will say both countries are good place to live
Very good video! About lunch and dinner times in Spain I agree the fact that we are not in the right time zone (Greenwich meridian passes 100 Kms east of Zaragoza!) But what has been more determining in changing the habit and eating at 2pm instead of 12pm was the 1930s crisis. Those days only the man in the house worked and the economical crisis made works scares and paychecks low so the head of the family needed 2 jobs, one in the morning 8am-2pm and another one after 3pm. So the family had to move their eating habits to wait for the "boss"... And siesta is not that Spanish, my grandfathers used to siesta 20 mins at lunchtime everyday and they never went out of their alpin valleys (and much less abroad!). My colleagues when I was in SEAsia also used to have a 15 mins siesta in their cubicle.
One thing they have in common is losing to Morocco in the World Cup
Its better be there then stay home.
The most logical thing for Portugal would be to establish itself as an Autonomous Community of Spain: One Península, One Flag, One King.
You barly keep yourselfs together
No freaking way in hell. Not a chance.
It doesn’t get as hot as Spain???? Lol. Try to go to Alentejo and experience 49 weather 😂😂😂😂
Im spanish, i never study portuguese, but we can read portuguise without problem, i will say, we understand 99% reading portuguese, but listening is diferent cause they have an accent , but still we understand i will say 85% by listening or even more, we are brothers, we are really almost the same
As a portuguese I think that we're pretty similar in terms of culture and appearance
Hello everyone!,
Considering Portugal and Spain as Mediterranean countries seems a big mistake to me. Portugal is Atlantic and a great part of Spain, too. In fact almost the half or more of Spain has a Celtic background, only the Mediterranean areas are Iberian. Comparing an Asturian to an Andalusian is like comparing an Irish and a Greek. An Asturian has more in common with people from the North of Portugal, Ireland, Wales, Scotland or Brittany than with an Andalusian or Valencian. You haven't mentioned either the Aranese and Basque languages in Spain, which happens to be a very varied country in all the aspects. The Basques had a terrorist and separatist group called ETA that put bombs and killed many people! It's the most different language of all. The rest of the languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula come, like French, Italian or Romanian, from Latin, that is why they are very similar. For example, in Portuguese they say: "Bon día", sorry, the spelling is probably wrong 😓, and in Asturian is : "Bon díi", so it's understandable. I'd love to learn Portuguese and Mirandeze, which is an official language in Portugal. Mirandés is a dialect of Asturian language, this one, however, is not official in Spain, they have been repressing us for centuries and want it to disappear. But are still learning and speaking it! As for the Spanish not speaking languages... Let me tell you that a good number, especially in the Atlantic, are bilingual and then learn English at school, but they are shy and think they do it badly, so they don't say they can do it. I can speak four languages fluently, Asturian, Spanish, English and French. Even only speaking Asturian and Spanish I would speak more languages than most Brits or Americans do... 😘😘😘A big hug to my dear Portuguese people!
Very good video! Although I wouldn't eat dinner so late in Portugal, more like at 20h.
The time zone oddity of Spain does now make it clearer why things are done "later" in the day - seeing midday is 2:30 than the usual 12 or so I see why it isn't as unnusual to eat dinner in just 7 hours after midday.
From a subjective perception spaniards may seem more arrogant and proud and the portuguese more humble and discreet.
As arrogant as british and other monolingual natively english speaking nationalities?
@@adrianwakeisland4710 That's impossible to beat, maybe the Dutch and French are close
@@McLarry88 if every dutch are monolingual speakers of dutch.
I'm Algerian I do speak both Spanish and Portuguese
But I love Portugal more
I must admit I had my pitchfork ready but... that was a pretty accurate video.
In Galicia there's a movement for unification with parts of Portugal it's called portugalicia. Bosque of the oldest indigenous group and language spoken in the Iberian Coast peninsula Catalan is extremely different and valenciana is similar it's a language based off it mixed with old Celtic because the Celts were once rulers of a lot of what is now community of Valencia in castiliano is the language everyone speaks and they think it's called Spanish in the world its not its castiliano
Normal lunch for Portugal and consider happy hours meals for Spain. Late dinner for both. Then what are their usual time for breakfast? I assume it has to be after 08:00 to 09:00 am for them??
All I have to say is that us Portuguese were very nice to have not conquered and annexed Spain all these years during one of their siestas lol!
Joking ofc. Love to our Spanish brothers, from Portugal!
As a Galician I feel closer to Portugal (northern) than I do to Andalucia or Catalonia, even though technically we are a different country than Portugal and the same one as the other two. Lunch time is different but just in the youngest generations, mi grandparents ate at portuguese lunch time for all of their lives. And, of course, we share a language the same way valencian is the same as catalonian, brasilian and portuguese or Spanish from any country in America and Spanish from Spain, just political reasons kept it for being call the same. And finally, Galicia should be in Portugal time zone, sunset in summer is at 22 hours, but, again, politics.
The Portuguese people should insist on speaking their own language with foreigners. Portuguese is the official language of countries in four continents. It is an official language of the United Nations as well as the Pan American Union and the African Union. Portuguese is one of the languages with most speakers worldwide. Portuguese people please stand firm.
Spain did not name the newly discovered territories as "the Americas", Spain used the term America for the entire continent, from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere.
Yes
I am Spanish and would like to visit Portugal one day. I believe it has some amazing regions. 😍😍
Hello. You forgot to mention that in Spain there are two different time slots as well. In the Canary Islands there is one hour less than in the peninsula. You should also mention that unlike Spain in Portugal there is unfortunately a law in its constitution that prohibits the creation of independence parties with their own identity as there was in Madeira in the 70's. Now it is forbidden to create nationalist movements in Portugal. Spain and Portugal are two great countries that should go hand in hand, as has been shown with the Iberian energy exception, where the two united countries have achieved improvements for both countries. Always united hand in hand we are stronger than if we turn our backs 🇪🇦♥️🇵🇹
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The Canary Islands timezone is on the screen during that part of the video (because I added it during the editing process, after I had finished filming).
As a madeira citezen i dont agree in relation the independent parties.
Spain as a 'fiesta' and high energy way of communicating and music, ( in general ! ) whereas Portugal, the national music is slow and introspective, as well as it is generally calmer.
"Don't forget to SMASH the like button or you'll be permanently banned form the nations of Spain and Portugal, maybe." OK LOL 🤣
We tend to be quieter and better at language, we are usually friendly towards outsiders but unfortunately we are losing our identity
In number 3 there is a small error, Algarve was a kingdom too, but the king of Portugal was also the king of Algarves until 1910
I can say that the spanish protect very well their traditions, we portuguese in should sometimes speak more about some things. We feel in all portugal (also in madeira /azores), portuguese, in spain it's not the same. In general the portuguese are much friendlier. We like to help. And we like to speak and learn other languages. We adapt to other cultures. Foreign films/series in Portugal are heard with the original voice
PORTUGUESE people lean more to white, people we don't, we are proud Latin, here in USA
Portugal has always been an English colony
Spain and Portugal are like two bickering old sisters but at the end they love each other.
I'm surprised the famous PASTEL DE NATA wasn't mentioned. It is known all over the world.
Yo estuve en Portugal y me gusto todo.
Lo que mas el bacalao y la camarera del Restaurante. ( Aparte del paisaje, los monumentos y la hospitalidad de la gente ).
Y lo que menos, que entendia todo lo que estaba escrito pero poco cuando lo hablaban.
I find Portugal to be much friendlier, so it surprised me that you characterized it as formal (although Portugal does put a "the" in front of senhor and senhora, so I guess that's being more formal). That said: I agree with Rick Steves, who once said, "if you feel that in Spain you can't do anything right, in Portugal you'll feel like you can't do anything wrong." Portugal has much better wine, too, and not just because of Port. There's also Madeira. And the great Portuguese rosé wines. And, maybe best of all, Portuguese vinho verde, a nicely tart white wine. But I do understand that "better wine" is an extremely subjective metric.
Obviously extremely subjective metric 😁I think the most enologists would agree the opposite 🤷🏻♂
Fromal doesn't necessarly imply coldness.
no
I think he meant that the form of speach is more formal, as he said it's quite common to address associates by professional titles (dr., eng., prof., etc.), it's also common to address people you don't know well in the third person, for example instead of saying "Alice would you like some tea?" you'd say "Would Alice like some tea?".
And that's how the British seduced the Portuguese to be their lackeys: by kissing their asses.
I'm 1/4 Catalan, and still proudly hold the Catalan family name. When Catalunya voted to succeed, I literally felt it in my bones from across the Atlantic. EFF the Spanish.
Deux pays très beaux! Bonjour de l’autre bord de l’étang!
One thing that has surprised me a lot this past few years is that a lot of americans are now aware of Portugal to the point in most map challenges ameeicans manage to identify Portugal on an europe map with almost 100% accuracy. It didnt used to be that way years ago.
And most Americans would be unable to locate Ukraine on a map but are quite ready to wage a nuclear war for that country.
@@lioneldemun6033 well most american are ignorant so we have to excuse them,
@@lioneldemun6033 Are you being dense on purpose or are you one of those who vote for the trumpoid mutant?
Dinner time in Portugal start at 07h00.
In my home is at 07h30.
In my home sometimes it's at 21:00
And in Silence, que na hora de comer é sagrado .