Vocabulario: Nacionalidades

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Note that in Spanish adjectives of nationality are not capitalized, but names of countries or continents are capitalized.

Norteamérica	North America
canadiense	Canadian
norteamericano(a); estadounidense	American / U.S. American*
mexicano(a)	Mexican

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*Note that estadounidense is a formal term to clarify that someone is a citizen of the United States of America. Other terms for people from the US are americano(a) or norteamericano(a) and, sometimes pejoratively, yanqui or gringo(a). Americano(a) can also refer to people from other parts of North and South America, depending on the context.

El Caribe	the Caribbean
cubano(a)	Cuban
dominicano(a)	Dominican
haitiano(a)	Haitian
puertorriqueño(a)	Puerto Rican

Centroamérica	Central America
beliceño(a)	Belizean
costarricense	Costa Rican
guatemalteco(a)	Guatemalan
hondureño(a)	Honduran
nicaragüense	Nicaraguan
panameño(a)	Panamanian
salvadoreño(a)	Salvadoran

Sudamérica	South America
argentino(a)	Argentinian, Argentine
boliviano(a)	Bolivian
brasileño(a)	Brazilian
chileno(a)	Chilean
colombiano(a)	Colombian
ecuatoriano(a)	Ecuadoran
paraguayo(a)	Paraguayan
peruano(a)	Peruvian
uruguayo(a)	Uruguayan
venezolano(a)	Venezuelan

Europa	Europe
alemán/alemana	German
español(a)	Spanish
francés/francesa	French
inglés/inglesa	English
italiano(a)	Italian
portugués/portuguesa	Portuguese

África	Africa
ecuatoguineano(a)	Equatorial Guinean
marroquí	Moroccan
nigeriano(a)	Nigerian
sudafricano(a)	South African

Asia	Asia
chino(a)	Chinese
coreano(a)	Korean
indio(a)	Indian
japonés/japonesa	Japanese
vietnamita	Vietnamese

Actividades de conversación

Actividad 1. Las nacionalidades.

With your partner, take turns asking the nationalities of the following people. Then mention another person of the same nationality.

Modelo:
- You see: Príncipe William (Inglaterra)
- You ask: ¿De qué nacionalidad es el Príncipe William?
- Your partner replies: Es inglés.
- You respond: ¿De veras? Daniel Radcliffe es inglés también.

Shakira (Colombia)
Zoe Saldana (República Dominicana)
Penélope Cruz y Pedro Almodóvar (España)
Celia Cruz (Cuba)
Gael García Bernal y Salma Hayek (México)
Jim Carrey y Ryan Reynolds (Canadá)
Hillary Clinton (Estados Unidos)
Luis Fonsi (Puerto Rico)

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