estado de ciudadanía
/estado de θjudadania/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'citizenship status' is translated into Spanish as estado de ciudadanía.
estado de ciudadanía refers to the legal standing of a person as a citizen of a particular country. In many official forms and legal contexts, you will often see the word nacionalidad (nationality) used instead to refer to a person's citizenship.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of estado (state or status), de (of) and ciudadanía (citizenship).
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun estado is masculine. Consequently, if you use an adjective to describe the status, that adjective must be in the masculine form, such as estado legal.
How do you pronounce it?
/estado de θjudadania/
Did you know?
- Historically, the Latin root of estado referred to a unit of length roughly equal to the height of a grown man.
- In some Spanish legal contexts, nacionalidad refers to a person's origin or bond to a country, while ciudadanía refers specifically to the political right to vote and hold office.
- Spanish uses two different words for 'status' depending on the context: estado for legal or political standing and estatus for social or economic position.
Examples in context
- Soy ciudadano de Argentina, ¿y tú?I am a citizen of Argentina, and you?
Example conversation
Elena and Javier are filling out government paperwork together.
- ElenaJavier, ¿dónde pongo el estado de ciudadanía?Javier, where do I put the citizenship status?
- JavierEstá en la segunda página, Elena.It is on the second page, Elena.
- ElenaGracias, ya encontré el recuadro.Thanks, I found the box now.
- JavierPerfecto, solo marca la casilla correcta.Perfect, just mark the correct box.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciudadanía, de, estado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
