5 En chiva or en guagua. Regional variations in vocabulary

As with American and British English, you may find that the same thing is referred to by different words in different places. Usually these do not create great communication problems, though sometimes they may be the source of humorous confusions. For example, in Spain the word saco means ‘sack’, but in many Latin American countries it is also the most a common word for ‘jacket’. When you use your dictionary, you will find that regional variations are often given.

Transport is a subject in which terms certainly vary between places. For example, a bus is el autobús in Spain, la micro in Chile, el colectivo in Argentina and Venezuela, el ómnibus in Uruguay, la guagua in Cuba and the Canary Islands and el camión in México. However, whichever word you use, you will probably be understood in most places.