Spanish has many dialects. Even in Spain, a number of different dialects are spoken. The Spanish of Madrid is Castilian, and the Spanish of Seville is Andalusian. One area in which the dialects often differ greatly is vocabulary. This can be illustrated with the word straw. Here are eleven different words for the drinking straw:
absorbente (Cuba)
bombilla (Bolivia, Chile)
calimete (Dominican Republic)
cañita (Peru)
carrizo (Panama)
pajilla (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
pajita ( Argentina, Chile, Spain, Uruguay)
pitillo (Chile, Venezuela)
popote (Mexico)
sorbete (Argentina, Ecuador, Peru)
sorbeto (Puerto Rico)
The word pajilla is used in five countries and pajita is used in four. The words pajilla/pajita and sorbete/sorbeto are similar. The list illustrates the different vocabulary of Spanish dialects.
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