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Interestingly, there’s a word in Spanish for people from the USA that’s “Estadounidense”, literally “Unitedstatian” which is widely used (at least in Spain) I
by jaimebuelta 2y ago
Interestingly, there’s a word in Spanish for people from the USA that’s “Estadounidense”, literally “Unitedstatian” which is widely used (at least in Spain)
I find it a fascinating word and a way of precisely naming to keep the “American” word to be more broadly applicable, at least in theory
- bentley 2y agoDo people of Estados Unidos Mexicanos count as estadounidense?
- jolmg 2y agoNo https://dle.rae.es/estadounidense https://dle.rae.es/estadounidense https://dem.colmex.mx/Ver/estadounidense https://dem.colmex.mx/Ver/estadounidense
- adastra22 2y agoIt is both less specific (there are many countries named “United States of …”) and unpronounceable in English.
- returningfory2 2y agoIMO a better English translation of Estadounidense is United Stateser (like people in Maine are Mainers).