es de Argentina
/es de aɾxentina/from spelling rules
To say someone is from Argentina in Spanish, use es de Argentina.
You can state that a person's country of origin is Argentina by using the preposition de followed by Argentina. To refer specifically to a person's nationality, you can use the term nacionalidad argentina. Alternatively, you can use the adjective argentino for a male or argentina for a female to describe the person.
Which one should you use?
For more specific nuances, procedente de Argentina means 'coming from Argentina' and can be used to indicate origin.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some regions of Argentina, such as Buenos Aires, the informal second-person pronoun tú is replaced by vos.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb in the phrase changes depending on the subject. While es de Argentina means 'is from Argentina', you should use soy de Argentina to say 'I am from Argentina' and somos de Argentina to say 'we are from Argentina'.
How do you pronounce it?
/es de aɾxentina/
Did you know?
- The name Argentina comes from the word for 'silvery', which refers to the Río de la Plata. Early explorers called it the 'silver river' because of how sunlight reflected off the water.
- The word Argentina shares the same root as the chemical symbol for silver, Ag, which comes from the Latin argentum.
Examples in context
- Él es argentinoHe is Argentine
- Ella es argentinaShe is Argentine
- Es de ArgentinaHe/She is from Argentina
- ¡Qué buena onda el pibe argento!That Argentine guy is really cool!
- La escritora es originaria de ArgentinaThe writer is from Argentina
- Él tiene nacionalidad argentinaHe has Argentine nationality
- Ella posee nacionalidad argentinaShe has Argentine nationality
- El empresario es procedente de ArgentinaThe businessman is from Argentina
- Mi profesor es de Argentina.My teacher is from Argentina.
- ¿Sabes si ella es de Argentina?Do you know if she is from Argentina?
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are talking about a new classmate.
- Lucía¿Sabe dónde es el nuevo alumno?Do you know where the new student is from?
- DanielSí, él es de Argentina.Yes, he is from Argentina.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! Me encanta ese país.That's great! I love that country.
- DanielA mí también.Me too.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries Argentina, de, es, CC BY-SA 4.0.
