Speaking Spanglish to the Locals: The Dilemma

Libby Winkler
3 min readMar 20, 2023

My feable attempts to learn Spanish is often returned with knowing smiles, yet my friends in Puerto Vallarta seem to appreciate the efforts.

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So you’re traveling to a new country and want to fit in with the locals. You’ve been told that speaking Spanglish is the best way to do this.

But what exactly is Spanglish? And should you even use it if you can’t fluently…

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Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..