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How easy is Spanish for Italian speakers?

Going from Italian to Spanish (Español) has a composite linguistic distance of 14% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

14% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
82%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
100%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
20%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
100%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇮🇹 Italian
El arte y la cultura son fundamentales para la sociedad moderna.
🇪🇸 Spanish
L'arte e la cultura sono fondamentali per la società moderna.
🇮🇹 Italian
La universidad tiene una biblioteca con miles de libros importantes.
🇪🇸 Spanish
L'università ha una biblioteca con migliaia di libri importanti.

Curated cognates between Italian and Spanish

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

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The 5 languages with the lowest linguistic distance from Italian:

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