Echar de menos
I know that "echar de menos" means "to miss," but I was wondering if it is a dialectical idiom.

I had a Mexican friend who was going away for a few weeks, so I told her "te echaré de menos" and she asked why. I was not expecting "why," so I asked her to translate and she said that I wanted to "make less of her." Then I told her that I would miss her. She said that I was mistaken and should've said "te extrañaré." I did not know what "extrañar" meant, but I remembered hearing it in a song and could figure out that also translated as "to miss." Nevertheless, I knew that I was not wrong and insisted on my phrase. I looked it up in a dictionary and showed her that I was really saying that I would miss her. She conceded and asked what kind of Spanish it was. I went with Mexican because I first learned it in a book translated by a Mexican immigrant. But she really never heard it before.

So I was wondering if anyone knew if only some places use "echar de menos" before I use it again.

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Echar de menos
I know that "echar de menos" means "to miss," but I was wondering if it is a dialectical idiom.

I had a Mexican friend who was going away for a few weeks, so I told her "te echaré de menos" and she asked why. I was not expecting "why," so I asked her to translate and she said that I wanted to "make less of her." Then I told her that I would miss her. She said that I was mistaken and should've said "te extrañaré." I did not know what "extrañar" meant, but I remembered hearing it in a song and could figure out that also translated as "to miss." Nevertheless, I knew that I was not wrong and insisted on my phrase. I looked it up in a dictionary and showed her that I was really saying that I would miss her. She conceded and asked what kind of Spanish it was. I went with Mexican because I first learned it in a book translated by a Mexican immigrant. But she really never heard it before.

So I was wondering if anyone knew if only some places use "echar de menos" before I use it again.

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Yes, in Spain the most common way to say "I miss you" is "Te echo de menos"

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latinos or whatever you want to call them, they use " te extraño" instead of "te echo de menos"i think "te echo de menos" is used in spain "spanish people".

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Usually "te echo de menos" is used in Spain, but it´s also used in other countries , so have that in mind when talking to people from other countries. Because every country in latin america doesn´t use the same words,so saying in latin america is like this(....) is inaccurate; every country is different.

This is interesting if you say "Te extraño" to someone here in Spain , they´ll give you a weird look, so "Te echo de menos" is standard here.And it happens the opposite in other countries.
Hope it helps.

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Hi, Slater!
Both are okey but in Latinoamerica we usually use "Te extrañaré" or "Te voy a extrañar" instead "te echaré de menos" or "Te voy a echar de menos".

Espero haberte ayudado! 
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¡Saludos! :)

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