At first, it is possible to believe that Spanish is pronunced and sounds the same in all Spanish speaking countries. However, beyond the signature accent of Spaniards, in Latin America there are many different accents, even within one country, like in Argentina where Cordoba’s accent is very famous or the different ways that certain letters combinations are pronunced in different areas of Buenos Aires.
For example, Spaniards pronunce the “Z” with a sound equal to that of a “TH” in English, just like the “C” when it proceeds the vowels “E and “I”. Meanwhile, in Latin America both “Z” and “C” that proceed an “E” or “I” are pronunced as an “S”. In the Caribbean region and some areas by Southern Spain the letter “R” is pronunced as an “L”. Additionally, in some provinces of Argentina and Uruguay, the “LL” in words like “llamar” (to call), “llave” (key), “lluvia” (rain) and “llanto” (cry) is not pronunced as a “Y” (like in most parts of Spain and Latin America), but as “SH”.