Countries and Nationalities in Spanish

Name countries and nationalities in Spanish and say where you are from, with audio.

Spanish-speaking countries

SpanishEnglish
España: español, españolaSpain: Spanish
México: mexicano, mexicanaMexico: Mexican
Argentina: argentino, argentinaArgentina: Argentinian
Colombia: colombiano, colombianaColombia: Colombian
Perú: peruano, peruanaPeru: Peruvian
Chile: chileno, chilenaChile: Chilean
Venezuela: venezolano, venezolanaVenezuela: Venezuelan
Cuba: cubano, cubanaCuba: Cuban
Ecuador: ecuatoriano, ecuatorianaEcuador: Ecuadorian
Guatemala: guatemalteco, guatemaltecaGuatemala: Guatemalan
Puerto Rico: puertorriqueño, puertorriqueñaPuerto Rico: Puerto Rican
República Dominicana: dominicano, dominicanaDominican Republic: Dominican
Costa Rica: costarricenseCosta Rica: Costa Rican

Other countries

SpanishEnglish
Estados Unidos: estadounidenseUnited States: American
Canadá: canadienseCanada: Canadian
Inglaterra: inglés, inglesaEngland: English
Francia: francés, francesaFrance: French
Alemania: alemán, alemanaGermany: German
Italia: italiano, italianaItaly: Italian
Brasil: brasileño, brasileñaBrazil: Brazilian
China: chino, chinaChina: Chinese
Japón: japonés, japonesaJapan: Japanese
India: indio, indiaIndia: Indian

Say where you are from

SpanishEnglish
¿De dónde eres?Where are you from?
Soy de Estados Unidos.I am from the United States.
Soy estadounidense.I am American.
Ella es mexicana.She is Mexican.
Mis abuelos son cubanos.My grandparents are Cuban.
Vivo en Colombia, pero soy peruano.I live in Colombia, but I am Peruvian.
¿Eres de España?Are you from Spain?
Somos canadienses.We are Canadian.

How nationalities change

A nationality is an adjective, so it agrees with the person. Words ending in -o change to -a for a woman. Words ending in a consonant add -a. Words ending in -e or -ense stay the same. Add -s or -es for the plural.

Common mistakes to avoid

Nationalities take no capital letter

Countries are capitalized. Nationalities and languages are not.
Soy de México. Soy mexicano. (I am from Mexico. I am Mexican.)
Hablo español. (I speak Spanish.)

The accent disappears in the feminine form

Francés and alemán have an accent. Francesa and alemana do not.
Él es francés. Ella es francesa. (He is French. She is French.)
Él es alemán. Ella es alemana. (He is German. She is German.)

Practice: say it in Spanish

Say each sentence in Spanish, then open it to check your answer.

1. I am from Canada.

Soy de Canadá.

2. She is Colombian.

Ella es colombiana.

3. We are American.

Somos estadounidenses.

4. Are you from Mexico?

¿Eres de México?

5. He is English.

Él es inglés.

6. My friends are Italian.

Mis amigos son italianos.

Quick quiz: Countries and nationalities

1. A woman from Mexico is:

2. "Soy de Perú" means:

3. Which one is written correctly?

4. The feminine of "francés" is:

5. A person from the United States is:

6. "¿De dónde eres?" means:

7. The feminine of "alemán" is:

8. Two men from Cuba are:

9. "canadiense" is used for:

10. Soy _____ España.

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