The truth about living in Uruguay | A foreigner's point of view

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  • The truth about living in Uruguay vs the United States of America | Uruguayan food, language, safety, etc | A U.S. foreigner's point of view.
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Komentáře • 125

  • @alfredoistic
    @alfredoistic Před 3 lety +45

    📌 I'm Uruguayan here, I'm glad you liked my country, thanks for making a video about it cheers!!

  • @guillermotraverso4112
    @guillermotraverso4112 Před 2 lety +39

    "I thought all of south america was kinda like México"😂 it always happens bro, we are used to things like that and to see European tourists coming on winter barely with clothes thinking that they are in the tropical SA. No problem now you know it. Peace!

  • @itsmv111
    @itsmv111 Před 3 lety +74

    It's the way he pronounced Alfajor for me... Lol

  • @Maxler5795
    @Maxler5795 Před 2 lety +12

    Im a uruguayan anomaly. I was born in the US but lived my life on Uruguay. And boy am i glad i did. Uruguay is... just... amazing.

  • @gastoncedres442
    @gastoncedres442 Před 3 lety +67

    I’m from Uruguay and lot of people know what a taco is but they’ve never had it

    • @marcelae9798
      @marcelae9798 Před 3 lety +11

      They know now. Before globalization (AKA internet), no one in Uy knew what a mexican taco or tortilla were.

    • @charruaporelmundo
      @charruaporelmundo Před 3 lety +2

      They do know, because of TV,...nothing else, and to be sincerely, we do not need it.

    • @celiomorais6357
      @celiomorais6357 Před 3 lety

      Uruguay ? It's Cisplatina , our province.

    • @magallanesagustin4952
      @magallanesagustin4952 Před 3 lety +1

      @@celiomorais6357 seguí soñando que no cuesta nada.

    • @celiomorais6357
      @celiomorais6357 Před 3 lety

      @@magallanesagustin4952 Este "sueño" podria ser una verdad se Brasil quicer.

  • @karensuarez546
    @karensuarez546 Před 3 lety +42

    q onda todo el mundo hablando de mi hermoso pais..

  • @yuri2973
    @yuri2973 Před 3 lety +50

    Vamo Uruguay🇺🇾

  • @williamrodriguez7412
    @williamrodriguez7412 Před 3 lety +19

    Uruguay is the best country !!! Its very quiet and beautifull !!!

  • @javierpizzikato7800
    @javierpizzikato7800 Před 3 lety +33

    "Black beans" is what we call "Poroto". With rice is delicious.
    PD: Sorry for bad english.

  • @maurofac841
    @maurofac841 Před 3 lety +18

    We all love milanesas! It is yet another food brought by the Italians. The name translates to "Milanese" (from the city of Milan) and it's a fairly common food in the Alpine region, maybe in North American culture you're probably used to its German name, Schnitzel.

  • @lewisanthony1955
    @lewisanthony1955 Před 3 lety +62

    Flat out I love that tiny country and modestly I’ve been there 7 times , and knew 14 of 19 departments. The worst part it’s comparing all the stuff with Mexican ...

    • @GracieAhora
      @GracieAhora Před 3 lety +3

      Wow! I was also born in Uruguay and haven’t visited more than 6 or 7 departments. I promise to change that!
      I agree with you, never compare that part of South America with Mexico!

    • @thejusticechannel13
      @thejusticechannel13 Před 3 lety +2

      Uruguayans are probably nicer than Mexicans too. Mexicans are entitled and like to act tough.

    • @RedScareClair
      @RedScareClair Před 2 lety +5

      White Americans think all of Latin America is Mexico... Nevermind the fact that Uruguay and Mexico are on 2 different continents 🙄

  • @MadGamer_666
    @MadGamer_666 Před 3 lety +51

    La Milanesa! Y el Alfajor!! Que grande! 😂

  • @eduardoburghos
    @eduardoburghos Před 3 lety +23

    beautiful Uruguay

  • @albertowachsman7878
    @albertowachsman7878 Před 3 lety +38

    Very nice guy. Castellano (Castilian) is actually not a Uruguayan dialect. There are multiple regional languages in Spain, such as Catalan, Vasco, Gallego and Castellano. When Castilla became the dominant power in Spain, their language became the official language of Spain, so for most of the world Castellano is known as Spanish.

    • @GracieAhora
      @GracieAhora Před 3 lety +7

      True, but you’re making it too complicated. The guy is just trying to give a simple, easy to understand explanation to why / how our Spanish is different from the kind of Spanish people in the USA usually hear

    • @gaa389
      @gaa389 Před 3 lety +5

      I appreciate it. It's not too complicated for my brain.

    • @albertowachsman7878
      @albertowachsman7878 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gaa389 Thanks

    • @josemrodriguez3080
      @josemrodriguez3080 Před 2 lety +1

      The local dialect derived from castellano - es rioplatense - on both shores of Rio de la Plata

  • @naraiancepeda826
    @naraiancepeda826 Před 2 lety +5

    Muchas gracias hermano ! Thanks brother ! Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾

  • @auxmike718
    @auxmike718 Před 2 lety +4

    This guy looks straight outta 1980s high school yearbook

  • @santiagoimperio8860
    @santiagoimperio8860 Před 2 lety +5

    I am from Uruguay and i love every single food there

  • @Timithos
    @Timithos Před 3 lety +13

    Food, dialect, and safety.. ok well, I came for banking, taxes, property ownership, vehicle ownership/rental, cost of living, visas, residencies, citizenship. Moving along then.

    • @Donyk
      @Donyk Před 3 lety

      Hi, what type of business or service need do they have?

    • @the_Falcon_fall
      @the_Falcon_fall Před 2 lety +1

      Well, we´re very concern about food here and that says a lot about Uruguay. If u care about food then u care about family and friends. If you have the right friendships and keep your family together then you will also do well in business. If you do well then why to worry about costs, ownerships, vehicles, taxes and so on? See? First F.O.O.D.: Family Over Other Duties.

  • @Elratauru
    @Elratauru Před 2 lety +5

    Uruguayan here, a pretty honest review and a show of good understanding. Loved the Alfajor's description... even I find it hard to explain it sometimes!
    I'd also like to add the word "Vamos!" used as a "Let's go!" when something goes nicely (To pump us up!), we tend to cut the last "S" so it ends up as "Vamo'!"... Also "Vamo' arriba" it's pretty common too.
    As for usage, "Vamo' arriba La Celeste" is a common saying for cheering our local soccer team :)

  • @alidarotondaro6821
    @alidarotondaro6821 Před 3 lety +10

    Love Uruguay 💋❤️ nice video
    Your Spanish is very good 👍🏼💕

  • @UruguayTourism
    @UruguayTourism Před 3 lety +10

    Thank you for this video and welcome to Uruguay when you wish! If you are looking for more info about Uruguay in the playlist of my channel you will find it !

  • @federicobalboa9145
    @federicobalboa9145 Před 3 lety +5

    gracias por visitar nuestro país! big hug sr

  • @jon6309
    @jon6309 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for making this video. I am from Hawaii and curious about this country as I heard a lot of good things.

  • @panchopozzoli3637
    @panchopozzoli3637 Před rokem +2

    Born and raised in Uruguay never ate rice and beans once my dude
    🤣

  • @littlenothing1068
    @littlenothing1068 Před 2 lety +3

    “Doolsay day laychay” 😭🤣 so close, yet so far away

  • @gonzauruguay100
    @gonzauruguay100 Před 3 lety +9

    Very nice guy.

  • @11aloalo
    @11aloalo Před 3 lety +1

    That’s right, I didn’t know what taco was until I came to the US 😝Love them now! 😋😋😋 And the “este” word, nice point too 👍.

  • @erenjeager9442
    @erenjeager9442 Před 2 lety +1

    Are people in Uraguay are Friendly their?

  • @valentino5367
    @valentino5367 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice to meet you again, big hugh ¡

  • @Lucas_sGarage
    @Lucas_sGarage Před 3 lety +4

    I'm from uruguay.... Hi

  • @FrandjiCristian
    @FrandjiCristian Před 3 lety +15

    Half of video speaking about FOOD

  • @estebansaona6188
    @estebansaona6188 Před 3 lety +5

    Que dou, la milanesa con queso y cosas arriba se llama milanesa napolitana

  • @cristhianmarshall8550
    @cristhianmarshall8550 Před 2 lety +1

    I totally loved it… este!

  • @wahidanaima557
    @wahidanaima557 Před 3 lety +2

    Algeria 🇩🇿 always stands with Uruguay 🇺🇾 United and amicably

  • @georgep6495
    @georgep6495 Před 3 lety +2

    Heard its like Greece, but in Latin America... Dno if its true but Id like to visit sometime...

    • @GssVega
      @GssVega Před 2 lety

      99 percent of the people have European genetics

  • @gustavoalbarrazin7924

    Thanks welcome always to Uruguay

  • @AnaCeciFrutos
    @AnaCeciFrutos Před 2 lety

    Though good pronunciation of the ll but catellano is spoken in castilla and not here

  • @marcelae9798
    @marcelae9798 Před 3 lety +7

    Pollo (chicken): Mexico: "poio", Uruguay/Argentina: "posho"

  • @gaa389
    @gaa389 Před 3 lety +4

    The "sh" sound for "y" or "ll" is not a Castilian thing; that's a purely Argentine/Uruguayan thing. That is not how things are pronounced in Castilla Leon, Spain.

    • @daigorowolf2136
      @daigorowolf2136 Před 3 lety +1

      Gringo doesn’t know any better. He probably thinks the official language is Spanish and Castellano is the dialect

    • @AndresMUy-vd2fy
      @AndresMUy-vd2fy Před 3 lety

      Riverplating castillian.

    • @2107camilo
      @2107camilo Před 2 lety

      Exactly, el acento rioplatense.

  • @pata2775
    @pata2775 Před 2 lety

    Great video

  • @WKfpv
    @WKfpv Před 3 lety +22

    "no somos latinos, yo me crié acá en la Suiza del sur" 😉

    • @elcoie
      @elcoie Před 3 lety +3

      Yo me crié en Uruguay 🇺🇾 un país latinoamericano que no se parece en nada a Suiza 🇨🇭.
      Suiza es un país de primera, en lo único que les ganamos es al fútbol

    • @sos.gamers
      @sos.gamers Před 3 lety +1

      @@elcoie alguien no entendio porque se le dice la suiza de América...

    • @conger8940
      @conger8940 Před 2 lety

      @@sos.gamers hoy en día no tenemos nada parecido con suiza eso era en los buenos momentos 40 50 que vivíamos muy bien pero quedó eso y ta se sigue usando

    • @sambaion8473
      @sambaion8473 Před 2 lety

      @@sos.gamers pq es un paraiso fiscal donde podes colocar dinero negro al sistema bancario

  • @adamexcellie4272
    @adamexcellie4272 Před 3 lety +2

    The truth is....the food is really great

  • @dedespedida4515
    @dedespedida4515 Před 3 lety +3

    A milanesa with ham and mozzarella (and a marinara style sauce)is call Napolitan Milanesa, (milanesa a la napolitana) there's a difference between the 2, and NO, we don't eat a lot of black beans.. seems like you never been to Mexico or Colombia or Brazil or Guatemala... Uruguay is the Latin country that consume less beans.

    • @sos.gamers
      @sos.gamers Před 3 lety

      Milanesa it's schnitzel bro it's a german/italian food

  • @deeprollingriver5820
    @deeprollingriver5820 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m moving to Uruguay within the next 2 months.

    • @miriamzamora3709
      @miriamzamora3709 Před rokem

      Did you move?...And if you did how do you feel there?...I'm planning to move there....

  • @user-wf4lg6ky7m
    @user-wf4lg6ky7m Před 3 lety +1

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 "esteeeeeh"...

  • @michaelcooke8665
    @michaelcooke8665 Před 2 lety

    Castellano is spoken in Argentina too

  • @fabulousdick
    @fabulousdick Před 3 lety +9

    We all know what a taco is. 😂

    • @gerardosmirazon
      @gerardosmirazon Před 3 lety +4

      Sabemos lo que es, hay restaurantes que los venden pero no es muy popular, es un tanto exótico.

    • @Lucas_sGarage
      @Lucas_sGarage Před 3 lety

      Yup

  • @deleted72636
    @deleted72636 Před 2 lety +1

    Very similar to Argentinian food and culture

  • @ivessellanes7214
    @ivessellanes7214 Před 3 lety

    Quién gana?
    Uruguay vs USA.

  • @jotarocca2133
    @jotarocca2133 Před 2 lety

    Yeah I don’t think we eat rice and black beans

  • @hanksandoval3466
    @hanksandoval3466 Před 2 lety

    Alphahor; 💪 you can have your cookie and your pie (cake) and eat it to.

  • @eminother
    @eminother Před 2 lety +1

    Wow! AlphaHorses 😱

  • @pisachu_
    @pisachu_ Před 3 lety +2

    Algún uruguayo

    • @pisachu_
      @pisachu_ Před 3 lety +1

      @tryttf Jhfghu yo san jose

  • @andresdym6677
    @andresdym6677 Před 2 lety +1

    Dude, Castellano is how the Spanish language is known, it's not a dialect

  • @adrianguerra6541
    @adrianguerra6541 Před 3 lety +3

    ¿ porqué no hay subtítulos en español ?
    No sabemos que hablan de nuestro país.

    • @gokuskanji1280
      @gokuskanji1280 Před 3 lety +5

      Destacó la comida básicamente, y que desde su percepción es seguro andar en la calle. Nos comparó un poco con respecto a mexico que supongo es la referencia que tienen para latinoamérica, en especial la particularidad del español nuestro en comparación a otros países hispanohablantes...

    • @GracieAhora
      @GracieAhora Před 3 lety +6

      Porque el vídeo está destinado a promocionar Uruguay entre gente de habla inglesa.

    • @m.f.b7144
      @m.f.b7144 Před 2 lety +1

      Hablo buenas cosas de tu país. Dijo q su ignorante impresión antes de ir a Uruguay era que su creencia w todo Sud América era como Mexico, sobre todo la comida. Luego hablo bastante de la comida y bastante de la diferencia lingüística entre diferentes países.

    • @adrianguerra6541
      @adrianguerra6541 Před 2 lety +1

      @@m.f.b7144 Qe bueno ! gracias.!!

  • @charleskarnes5457
    @charleskarnes5457 Před 2 lety +1

    This is the tip of the iceberg.

  • @bobmanp8653
    @bobmanp8653 Před rokem

    should of said este instead of uhm at the end

  • @1brickrow
    @1brickrow Před 2 lety

    Spanish spoken in Latinamerica is no other than Castellano

  • @ManiroHD
    @ManiroHD Před 2 lety

    Y el chaja??

  • @Nefay_Max
    @Nefay_Max Před 2 lety

    hablan mucho de la comida , que raro que no dicen nada del " chivito" xd

  • @fatiga2214
    @fatiga2214 Před 3 lety +2

    No puedes comparar Uruguay con Usa, es como comparar un país rico con otro pobre

    • @Kor835
      @Kor835 Před 3 lety +2

      Uruguay no es un pais pobre, bastante lejos de serlo de hecho segun fmi banco mundial etc

    • @nahuel-7755
      @nahuel-7755 Před 2 lety +1

      Uruguay país pobre ? será menos desarrollado que Usa, pero no es un país pobre.

  • @rubenacevedo2484
    @rubenacevedo2484 Před 3 lety +1

    Milanesa : schnitzel

  • @littlenothing1068
    @littlenothing1068 Před 2 lety

    Omfg the way he pronounces milanesas has me dead☠️☠️☠️

  • @AndresMUy-vd2fy
    @AndresMUy-vd2fy Před 3 lety +1

    Uruguay = URU o UY
    República Oriental del Uruguay = ROU

  • @Giacomo_cpz
    @Giacomo_cpz Před 2 lety

    🇮🇹🇺🇾🇮🇹🇺🇾🇮🇹🇺🇾🇮🇹🇺🇾

  • @SatanicSapphire
    @SatanicSapphire Před 2 lety

    I like how its always a white american person that they're interviewing in videos like this

  • @sacaloslots8577
    @sacaloslots8577 Před 2 lety

    Don't forget they are steak lovers.

  • @JoTokutora
    @JoTokutora Před 3 lety

    Lol, so urugayans pronunciation is similar to puerto rico