• teft@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I live in colombia and hear it used every day. I ride bikes with my buddies and in the group I ride 3 of us use tu with each other and 3 different of us use usted. Simply because of how much we hang out.

    You can’t really consider latin america as a single block of spanish speakers. Every region is different.

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      4 months ago

      Yep, every country is different. In Spain its more normal to use tú for everyone unless there’s some explicit formality

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      4 months ago

      Thanks for the information! I thought it was more uniform in the americas, and usted was mostly used in Europe. I guess I will just have to listen to the people around me and try to do what they do.