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Is spanish or german more useful for traveling in Europe? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 week ago by Ithorian@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'm planing on backpacking across Europe next year and I hate being the dipshit who only speaks one langue. I already have a small amount of german and spanish so those are the only two I'm interested in. I get the impression that outside of Spain spanish isn't spoken much but I do plan on traveling south america at some point too so spanish is going to be needed eventually.

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[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

People will almost certainly prefer speaking English to you outside Spain or the German-speaking countries, and also probably inside them, sadly. Just learn a couple of useful words per country as you travel, some places love that shit. Sounds like you are a little more motivated to learn Spanish, which counts for a lot, so I would go with that.