Nationalities

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 4.1.4

Nationalities

Nacionalidades: just like the days of the week and months of the year, nationalities and languages are always written with lowercase and not a capital letter.

Key vocab

Key vocab

  • nacionalidad - nationality.
  • español/a - Spanish.
  • francés/francesa - French.
  • portugués/portuguesa - Portuguese.
  • británico/a - British.
  • inglés/inglesa - English.
  • galés/galesa - Welsh.
  • escocés/escocesa - Scottish.
  • irlandés/irlandesa - Irish.
Key vocab

Key vocab

  • holandés/holandesa - Dutch.
  • noruego/a - Norwegian.
  • belga - Belgian (always feminine).
  • italiano/a - Italian.
  • alemán/alemana - German.
  • sueco/a - Swedish.
  • suizo/a - Swiss.
  • japonés/japonesa - Japanese.
  • canadiense - Canadian.

Test yourself on Nationalities

  • Which nationality always remains feminine?

  • How do you say 'Dutch' (masculine) in Spanish?

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