diferentes nacionalidades
/difeɾentes naθjonalidades/from spelling rules
The phrase “different nationalities” in Spanish is translated as diferentes nacionalidades.
This phrase is used to describe people who belong to various different countries. Note that when expressing nationalities in Spanish, such as italiana (Italian), they are not capitalized unless they come from a proper noun or are at the beginning of a sentence.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase diferentes nacionalidades is plural. If you are referring to a single different nationality, use the singular form diferente nacionalidad. The adjective diferente must agree in number with the noun it modifies, becoming diferentes when describing nacionalidades.
How do you pronounce it?
/difeɾentes naθjonalidades/
Did you know?
- While English uses 'nationalities' for both ethnic origin and legal status, Spanish often uses ciudadanías in legal contexts to specifically denote legal citizenship.
- To emphasize that nationalities are completely distinct or separate from one another, a Spanish speaker will often swap diferentes for the word distintas.
- While you can say diferentes nacionalidades, placing the adjective after the noun as nacionalidades diferentes can change the nuance from simply 'various' to 'distinctly different' from one another.
Examples in context
- ¿De qué nacionalidad es usted?What is your nationality?
- Soy español/a.I am Spanish – from Spain.
- Soy estadounidense.I am American – from the United States.
- Soy americano/a.I am American – from the Americas.
- Él es mexicano.He is Mexican.
- Ella es mexicana.She is Mexican.
- Ella es italiana.She is Italian.
- La cultura mexicana es fascinante.Mexican culture is fascinating.
- Ella es de Canadá. Es canadiense.She is from Canada. She is Canadian.
- Hay personas de diferentes nacionalidades en la reunión.There are people of different nationalities in the meeting.
- Hay estudiantes de diferentes nacionalidades en la clase.There are students of different nationalities in the class.
- El festival reúne a personas de diferentes nacionalidades.The festival brings together people of different nationalities.
- Trabajamos con colegas de diferentes nacionalidades.We work with colleagues of different nationalities.
Example conversation
Sofía and Mateo are talking about their international language class.
- SofíaMi clase tiene alumnos de diferentes nacionalidades.My class has students of different nationalities.
- MateoEso suena muy interesante, Sofía.That sounds very interesting, Sofía.
- SofíaSí, aprendemos mucho sobre sus países.Yes, we learn a lot about their countries.
- MateoEs genial tener esa diversidad, Mateo.It is great to have that diversity, Mateo.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
