Vocabulario: Nacionalidades
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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