# Could I eventually learn to speak Spanish by watching the Spanish channel?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-eventually-learn-to-speak-spanish-by-watching-the-spanish-channel/322091 "2005-09-17T05:14:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-eventually-learn-to-speak-spanish-by-watching-the-spanish-channel/322091/21 "2005-09-19T06:50:54Z")

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You could certainly learn to be flamboyant and excessively dramatic by watching it.

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**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-eventually-learn-to-speak-spanish-by-watching-the-spanish-channel/322091/22 "2005-09-19T14:41:24Z")

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If you catch _Sabado Gigante_ you might also learn how to juggle…

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-eventually-learn-to-speak-spanish-by-watching-the-spanish-channel/322091/23 "2005-09-19T15:18:24Z")

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I know someone who learned it well enough to follow the dialogue by watching the soaps, but she already spoke Portuguese.

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