3.8: Gramática- Los países y las nacionalidades

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    Objetivos

    • Recognize adjectives of nationality used to describe people

    Los países, las nacionalidades y más

    To answer the question “¿De dónde eres?” (Where are you from), one can either answer with a country or with a nationality:

    • Soy de Puerto Rico. (I am from Puerto Rico.)
    • Soy puertorriqueña. (I am Puerto Rican.)
    • Mis primos son de Colombia. (My cousins are from Colombia.)
    • Son colombianos. (They are Colombian.)

    A description of nationality is an adjective, so its ending has to correspond to the gender and number of the subject. Note also that while place-names are capitalized in Spanish as they are in English, adjectives of nationality are not capitalized in Spanish.

    The following is a list of countries and corresponding nationalities. You don’t need to memorize all of these—just the ones in bold print*. You’ll have a chance to practice below.

    América

    Argentina, argentina/o
    Belice, beliceña/o
    Bolivia, boliviana/o
    Brasil, brasileña/o
    Canadá, canadiense
    Chile, chilena/o
    Colombia, colombiana/o
    Costa Rica, costarricense
    Cuba, cubana/o
    Ecuador, ecuatoriana/o
    El Salvador, salvadoreña/o
    Estados Unidos, estadounidense
    Guatemala, guatemalteca/o
    Haití, haitiana/o
    Honduras, hondureña/o
    Jamaica, jamaicana/o
    México, mexicana/o
    Nicaragua, nicaragüense
    Panamá, panameña/o
    Paraguay, paraguaya/o
    Perú, peruana/o
    República Dominicana, dominicana/o
    Surinam, surinamés
    Uruguay, uruguaya/o
    Venezuela, venezolana/o

    Europa

    Albania, albana/o
    Alemania, alemán/ alemana
    Austria, austríaca/o
    Bélgica, belga
    Bielorrusia, bielorusa/o
    Bulgaria, búlgara/o
    Croacia, croata
    Dinamarca, Danés
    Eslovenia, eslovena/o
    España, español/ española
    Estonia, estonia/o
    Finlandia, finés
    Francia, francés
    Grecia, griega/o
    Hungría, húngara/o
    Irlanda, irlandés
    Islandia, islandés
    Italia, italiana/o
    Lituania, lituana/o
    Moldavia, moldava/o
    Mónca, monaqués
    Noruega, noruega/o
    Países Bajos, neerlandés
    Polonia, polaca/o
    Portugal, portugués
    Reino Unido, británica/o
    República Checa, checa/o
    Rusia, rusa/o
    Serbia, serbia/o
    Suecia, sueca/o
    Suiza, suiza/o
    Turquía, turca/o

    África

    Angola, angolana/o
    Argelia, argelina/o
    Benin, beninés
    Botswana, botsuana/o
    Cabo Verde, caboverdiana/o
    Camerún, camerunés
    Congo, congoleña/o
    Costa de Marfil, marfileña/o
    Egipto, egipcia/o
    Eritrea, eritrea/o
    Etiopía, etíope
    Ghana, ghanés
    Kenia, keniata
    Lesoto, lesotense
    Líbano, libanés
    Marruecos, marroquí
    Nigeria, nigeriana/o
    República Centroafricana, centroafricana/o
    Senegal, senegalés
    Sierra Leona, sierraleonés
    Somalia, somalí
    Sudáfrica, sudafricana/o
    Túnez, tunecina/o
    Zimbabue, zimbabuense

    Asia

    Afganistán, afgana/o
    Armenia, armenia/o
    Baréin, bareiní
    Camboya, camboyana/o
    Catar, catarí
    China, chino/a
    Corea del Norte, norcoreana/o
    Filipinas, filipina/o
    India, india/o
    Indonesia – indonesia/o
    Irak / Iraq, irakí / iraqí
    Japón, japonés
    Malasia, malaya/o
    Omán, omaní
    Paquistán / Pakistán, paquistaní / pakistaní
    Singapur, singapurense
    Sri Lanka, srilanqués / ceilanés
    Tailandia, tailandés
    Uzbekistán, uzbeka/o
    Vietnam, vietnamita
    Yemen, yemení

    Oceanía

    Australia, australiana/o
    Nueva Zelanda, neozelandés

    * As an organizing principle, all of the Spanish-speaking countries are in bold, along with the U.S. and Canada.

    A Practicar

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