Comments on: Spanish Stereotypes

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:16:15 +0000

Shakira is Columbian :/

By: Mikel

Mikel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:13:28 +0000

You don’t know nothing about spain, the spaniards don’t just drink beer and have a siesta, we make a lot of botellons, thats our culture!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:56:00 +0000

I have found a common stereo type about spinards would be there love for soccer, or futbol… They are catholic and attend 3-6 hour church services every sunday. They come from large familes sometime up to 8-12 brothers and sisters. The sisters in the family are always over controlled by there older brothers as well as papa. Many spanish people have tanned skin and deep black eyes, like crying in funerals and usually shout out while they are driving their cars.

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:51:52 +0000

hahaha
i’m spanish, from Valencia actually (where the good paella is cooked!) and while reading the stereotypes i thought that we really may seem like that! hahaha
really, shouting? YEAH! well, actually it’s not shouting, but we usually are very… effusive ^^ we really tend to speak very fast, very loud and everybody at the same time, but what can i say? tradition ^^

and i cannot even start about all the topics! but i must agree with something… we really have the weirdest timetable of all europe (tough for me it’s quite normal U__U)

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:08:18 +0000

I think that if YOU go to Spain, YOU must learn Spanish; when we travel to another country we have to make the effort to talk the language, so why haven’t you? I don’t like that stereotype, but since you said that this doesn’t show your point of view I take it as a british thought, lol. I don’t agree either with the “laziness”, but that’s another story… lol!

By: Sarita

Sarita — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:34:03 +0000

Shakira is from Colombia not Spain…..good sterotypes tho but I agree with Barbra they are not rude and Brits shud make more of an effort when they go to Spain, its their country not yours!! No wonder they don’t like brits sure look at the way they treat them in their own country!!!!!! If u saw the real spain instead of some tacky tourist area u wud find they are all untrue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Barbra

Barbra — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:33:53 +0000

I dont think the points you have made are all true and it makes spain seem a unpleasent place
a) non of the people are rude or shout:its a language and to them it is not shouting.
b)we are visting their country so therefore we should make a effort to learn their language not the other way round!
This website was really helpful with my re-search but i think you need to change some of the ‘sterotypes’

By: Acute Accent

Acute Accent — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:05:19 +0000

Excellent list of stereotypes, they make you smile really. They are deeply rooted in the British culture and they will remain there for a long time.

Contrary to other nationalities, Spaniards do not care about building their prestige and reputation and about managing the projection of the Spanish branding abroad. Spain is too involved in preserving regional differences and local cultures. The tourism industry and the Spanish elites do not make any effort either to counter the stereotypes and misconceptions about the Spanish culture.

Brits flocking to the coast season after season and year after year simply seem impervious to the changes undergoing in the country. Journalists also perpetuate many of the common Spanish stereotypes in articles and books.

By: Acute Accent

Acute Accent — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:05:19 +0000

By: Thomas Carmona

Thomas Carmona — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:07:55 +0000

Stereotypes of Spaniards:

They all speak with a lisp

They love to dance and they all know the same dances (flamenco, "follow the leader")

They only play soccer