Uruguayan Spanish


Uruguayan Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Uruguay and by the Uruguayan diaspora. Uruguayan Spanish is recognized as a variety of Rioplatense Spanish.

Influences

The variety of Spanish used in Montevideo and the whole southern region of the country exhibits use of the voseo form of address, with the pronoun vos instead of the tú form. In other areas of the country, tú is more commonly used than vos. In some places, tú is used, but with the conjugation corresponding to vos, as in: tú tenés, instead of tú tienes or vos tenés. Tuteo is much more commonly used in Rocha and in some parts of Maldonado.
The formal pronoun usted is used in very formal contexts, such as when speaking to government authorities.