I can speak,read and write fluently in four different languages:

1.Spanish
2.English
3.Spanglish(very difficult)
4.French

Out of the four,my favorite is French.I just love the way it sounds.It's like music to my ears.

Here,try pronouncing this...

la mer
qu'on voit danser
le long
des golfes clairs
o des reflets d'argent
la mer
des reflets changeants
sous la pluie

la mer
au ciel d'ete
confond
ses blanc moutons
avec les anges si purs
la mer
bergere d'azur
infinie

voyez
pres des etangs
ces grands roseaux mouilles

voyez
ces oiseaux blancs
et ces maisons rouillees

la mer...

Aaah music,the best therapy.

1. English-Fluent
2. Spanish-Intermediate
3. Italian-Intermediate
4. Russian-Beginning
5. Japanes-Beginning
6. Tagalog-Fluent
7. Arabic-Beginning
8. Portuguese-Beginning
9. Swahili-Beginning

Native American English,
a bit of German,
...and of course, un poco español.

Why is it so exciting about how many languages we can speak? I am glad to meet some people who have interests in languages!

My attempts:

1) Vietnamese (learned it as a kid, but my pronounciation is so bad that I'd rather not speak unless forced to)
2) English (mostly cussing)
3) Chamorro (the native language of Guam that is almost extinct, which we had to learn in high school and now I've forgotten, go figure...it's a combo of Latin, Polynesian and Spanish)
4) Japanese (can't remember anymore)
5) Spanish (but my Spanish boyfriend can't understand me)
6) Catalan (so that I could get into the study abroad program in Barcelona)
7) French (so that I could understand Catalan better and can't remember either)
8) Hawaiian/Hawaiian Pidgen (hey brah, why don't you hele ova hea?)

I've tried to learn other languages on my own such as Italian, Arabic, Mandarin and American Sign Language but my mind can only absorb so much.

Spanish, English, and Japanese...
My girlfriend - Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), English and now some Spanish

Irish
English
Spanish
French
Italian
Swedish
Malay
Polish

Can someone please define "fluent" for me?

I am a native speaker of English, with sub specialties in Southern and Ebonics.

In Spanish, I consider myself intermediate-advanced. But, hey, I can put a lot of sentences together and discuss politics and sex.

What truly defines whether or not someone is fluent in a language?

GoMadrid, there are so many degrees of fluency, bilingualism, and biculturalism that it would take a dissertation to explain them all. A basic level of fluency would be communicating in a language but biculturalism, for example, to its fullest extent, is very difficult to obtain. So, in my opinion, if you can communicate on some level beyond hand gestures, you're on your way. Whether that warrants marking the bilingual box on a job resume, well that's a different story. But everyone has a personal threshold for which they would consider themselves bilingual. Some make the threshold a lot lower than others. In Germany, for example, the people are very keen on perfection with the language and rarely will say they are fluent despite their almost perfect English. If I had their English skills, I would personally consider myself fluent. There are a few standardized tests that can measure your skills on an internationally recognized level such as the Cervantes exam for Spanish. Other than that, you're left to your own and others' assessment of your skills.
Here are some quick, not well thought out, descriptions of fluency:
Basic-can travel in a Spanish-speaking area
Advanced beginner- can converse on normal topics
Intermediate- can converse on a wide variety of topics with a high level of comprehension
Intermediate/advanced- has the skills to be able to work, live, and socialize in a Spanish-speaking environment with ease
Advanced- (this can vary a lot)...I think it's difficult to obtain and many are quick to consider themselves advanced when they are not. I think it depends on the setting for which you are evaluating the level of fluency...is it for travel/social or academic purposes? I think an advanced level for the former is much easier to reach than academic.

Thanks El Marques de Concha Espina - I read La Mer aloud and realized I can still pronounce French correctly! And you are absolutely right - I had forgotten how melodic French is.

And it so nice to see another Pidgon speaker on board