> If you squint hard enough Portuguese is a dialect of Spanish, as is Italian. Native speakers will disagree with that statement, but most non-native speakers w

> If you squint hard enough Portuguese is a dialect of Spanish, as is Italian. Native speakers will disagree with that statement, but most non-native speakers who have learned Spanish and one of the other agree that once you know Spanish it isn't a big deal to learn the other. I think Portuguese and Castilian Spanish have common roots (they're on a continuum of West Iberian). Italian is also related but belong to a different branch of the linguistic family. Here's a nice diagram: https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/jan/23/a-language-family-tree-in-pictures https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/jan/23/a-...