Argentine Spanish · for advanced learners
Spanish that sounds like Buenos Aires, not a textbook
You're past the basics. Now every sentence you write is graded against how it would be said in Buenos Aires or Montevideo — vos tenés, che, dale, bárbaro — with the local version shown next to yours.
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What Argentine Spanish actually sounds like
Rioplatense Spanish rewires the verb table and the vocabulary. Speak textbook tú-Spanish in Buenos Aires and you're a foreigner in the first sentence. Some of what the grader listens for.
| You want to say | Textbook Spanish | How it's said in Argentine Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| You have / you want | Tú tienes / tú quieres | Vos tenés / vos querés voseo — every present-tense form and imperative changes |
| Come here, tell me | Ven aquí, dime | Vení, decime |
| Okay, let's do it | De acuerdo | Dale |
| That's awesome | Es genial | Está bárbaro / es copado |
| Hey, man | Oye, amigo | Che, boludo between friends only — the grader will warn you |
| Money | Dinero | Plata / guita |
| Take the bus | Tomar el autobús | Tomar el bondi / el colectivo |
What changes when you set your variety to Rioplatense
- Voseo, fully — sos, tenés, querés, podés, vení, mirá, decime — the grader expects vos forms and marks tú forms as textbook.
- No vosotros, and less subjunctive-you — ustedes for groups, and the vos imperative in every request.
- Lunfardo and everyday slang — laburo, quilombo, chabón, mina, bondi, guita, re (as in "re bueno") — recognized when they fit, flagged when they'd sound forced.
- Italian rhythm, Spanish grammar — Argentines phrase things with a cadence of their own — "¿viste?", "mirá vos", "ni en pedo". The rewrite shows you the porteño version.
How RateMySpanish trains your Argentine Spanish ear
Graded against the local version
Translate a real sentence and get an instant 1–10 rating. The grader is set to Argentine Spanish, so correct-but-foreign phrasing loses points and you see exactly why.
See how a local would say it
One tap rewrites any sentence the way someone from there would actually put it — Argentine Spanish vocabulary, register and rhythm, not a neutral translation.
Sentences at your level, not a beginner's
Set B2, C1 or C2 and every prompt demands nuance — idiom, register, subjunctive — instead of ordering a coffee for the hundredth time.
A two-minute daily habit
Turn on the daily challenge email and get one sentence every morning. Sounding local is a hundred small corrections, not one big lesson.
Common questions
I'm already fluent. What does this add?
Fluent and local are different things. Most advanced learners write Spanish that is grammatically clean but placeless — every native speaker can tell. RateMySpanish grades each sentence against how it would be said in Argentine Spanish and shows you the local phrasing, so you close that gap one sentence at a time.
Is this Buenos Aires Spanish or all of Argentina?
The grader targets Rioplatense Spanish — Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the variety on Argentine TV and in most media. Voseo is shared across the whole country; the slang leans porteño and is flagged as informal when it is.
Can I switch varieties later?
Yes — the Spanish variety is a setting you can change anytime (Mexican, Colombian, Rioplatense, Castilian, Chilean, Central American, or neutral Latin American). Your history and focus areas stay with you.
How much does it cost?
The free plan includes 10 graded sentences a day, every day. Paid plans raise or remove the cap. No credit card to start.
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