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Narrrz@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

"estados unidense" = states united (Spanish and Portuguese often put the adjective after the affected noun)

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flooppoolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Mexico’s official name is Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. I don’t think that would work well.

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- kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah but estadounidense is literally the spanish word for someone from the USA.
  
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  - flooppoolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It would be Estadounidense Americano or Estadounidense Mexicano
    
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    dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No, it wouldn’t be. In Spanish North Americans are “estadounidenses” and Mexican are, “mexicanos”.
    
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alehc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
estados unidos*

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