Is there a big difference between Spanish and Portuguese?

It is internationally recognized that the difference between Spanish and Portuguese is smaller than that between Mandarin and Cantonese.

Portuguese is a branch of Latin that was born after Catalan. Compared with French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan and Romanian, Portuguese is relatively easy to learn. Although the writing of Portuguese is very close to that of Spanish, in comparison, Portuguese is softer because it contains some nasal sounds that Spanish does not have. Portuguese in Brazil is relatively soothing than Portuguese in Portugal, but Brazilians and Portuguese can talk without difficulty. Galician is popular in Spain and Galissa in the northwest, and is considered as a dialect of Portuguese.

Portuguese in Europe is not much different from Portuguese in Brazil. Their relationship is similar to that of British English and American English: they come from each other, but they often have different pronunciations, grammar, syntax and idioms, but they all know each other more or less. European Portuguese is usually used as the standard Portuguese. You will find that Portuguese is a beautiful language, which contains many surprises. This is very helpful for us to learn English, because it has a huge Latin vocabulary. Although it is similar to other Latin languages, you will still find the unique charm and color of Portuguese.