Why Is Spanish So Fast?

Why Is Spanish So Fast?
A Spanish speaker would almost always link the vowel sounds and pronounce the whole thing as a single word: Todoestoestaquí (To-does-toes-ta-quí). This is another factor that makes Spanish seem faster than English. The sooner you embrace this reality, the better you'll get at teasing words apart.

Is Spanish spoken very fast?

Speaking Spanish naturally lends itself to the speed which you [as an English speaker] might think is too fast, but the same amount of information is being delivered with more syllables, so the reality is that it's just as fast as English.

Why is Spanish spoken faster than English?

"Somewhere I read the results of a study that concluded Spanish is spoken more rapidly than English. The reason is the typical Spanish syllable is open (meaning consonant-vowel) while in English the typical syllable is closed (consonant-vowel-consonant).
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