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How easy is Romanian for Spanish speakers?

Going from Spanish to Romanian (Română) has a composite linguistic distance of 31% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

31% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
71%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
80%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
70%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇪🇸 Spanish
La música nacional es una parte importante de la tradición cultural.
🇷🇴 Romanian
Muzica națională este o parte importantă a tradiției culturale.
🇪🇸 Spanish
El festival de arte atrae a turistas de todas las regiones.
🇷🇴 Romanian
Festivalul de artă atrage turiști din toate regiunile.

Curated cognates between Spanish and Romanian

Word pairs that share a common etymological root — instantly recognisable across both languages:

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