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People from Madeira (one of the islands in the Atlantic) have minor West African from the slave trade too.
Yes, the island where was born Cristiano Ronaldo.
I also know that the slave trade as practiced in mainland Portugal, in Lisbon for example there are neighborhoods of arab origin and for slaves.
You also add that many portuguese have recently african admixture with Cabo Verde or Angola.
My impression is that northern Spaniards, and Portuguese, are culturally and phenotypically more "western" European looking... as a Sicilian American I can see how coastal Spaniards (Murcia, Andalusia, Valencia) look like us but I think Portuguese people are very... distinct and odd looking at times. I can tell a Portuguese from a Spaniard VERY easily, let alone Portuguese from any kind of Italian or Greek.
You can't. If natives can't, you can figure about tourists.
I have a Luxemburgish/Belgian friend who can as well, and he doesn't usually fail :O
I think it's very easy. I think Iberia has both a north/south gradient and an east/west one. As you move southeast across Iberia (i.e. from Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria down to coastal southern Spain) the people start looking less British like (light coloring, elongated faces and generally "Western European" looking) and more Italian and Greek like (i.e. noses become pointier, eyes larger, coloring darker, etc.). On the other hand as you move from the Pyrenees to southern Portugal, the people go from French-looking to progressively more North African looking (darker, curlier hair, flatter features, etc).
A typical southern Portuguese has wider, flatter features than a Spaniard, and looks less generally "Mediterranean". People in the north look more elongated like northern Spain.
I've never met a Portuguese who looked Italian to me, but I've met Spaniards who do. That's another difference.
I have a Luxemburgish/Belgian friend who can as well, and he doesn't usually fail :O
I don't think so, unless he gets near them and hears what they are talking....or their stance or gestuality.
But you can't distinguish them in most of the cases.
They only people that say such things are tourists from some country were Christ lost his sandals, or those "catetotrolls" salidos de un parque de caravanas del estado de las patatas.
For example, I can't set apart French coming from all over the Midi unless I hear them, or Italians unless they start speaking loudly or moving hands (terraris), also Greeks, Portuguese, etc....
And when some group looks strange, they could also be from some place in Lugo, las Hurdes or Logroño.
I don't think so, unless he gets near them and hears what they are talking....or their stance or gestuality.
But you can't distinguish them in most of the cases.
They only people that say such things are tourists from some country were Christ lost his sandals, or those "catetotrolls" salidos de un parque de caravanas del estado de las patatas.
For example, I can't set apart French coming from all over the Midi unless I hear them, or Italians unless they start speaking loudly or moving hands (terraris), also Greeks, Portuguese, etc....
And when some group looks strange, they could also be from some place in Lugo, las Hurdes or Logroño.
Incredible but totally right, he could even with pics. we were work mates in Cascais.
One of the main differences is that we Spaniards dislike spicy food very much.
Argentineans dont like spicy either. The problem with this question in general is that Hispanoamerica is a gigantic area with a ton of different peoples and cultures living on it. And that Spain is also very divided regionally and culturally.
I think it's very easy. I think Iberia has both a north/south gradient and an east/west one. As you move southeast across Iberia (i.e. from Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria down to coastal southern Spain) the people start looking less British like (light coloring, elongated faces and generally "Western European" looking) and more Italian and Greek like (i.e. noses become pointier, eyes larger, coloring darker, etc.). On the other hand as you move from the Pyrenees to southern Portugal, the people go from French-looking to progressively more North African looking (darker, curlier hair, flatter features, etc).
A typical southern Portuguese has wider, flatter features than a Spaniard, and looks less generally "Mediterranean". People in the north look more elongated like northern Spain.
I've never met a Portuguese who looked Italian to me, but I've met Spaniards who do. That's another difference.
Not true at all. The only difference is that people up north are paler because there's no sun. Excuse me, but all that is crapola.
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we were work mates in Cascais.
