americano
English
Noun
americano (plural americanos)
Synonyms
- (coffee drink): caffè americano, cafe americano, coffee americano
Translations
Further reading
Caffè Americano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.me.riˈka.no/
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧cà‧no
Adjective
americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)
Noun
americano m (plural americani, feminine americana)
- American (inhabitant or native of Americas or of the United States)
Synonyms
- (inhabitant or native of the United States) statunitense
Related terms
Latin
Adjective
americānō
- dative masculine singular of americānus
- dative neuter singular of americānus
- ablative masculine singular of americānus
- ablative neuter plural of americānus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.me.ɾiˈkɜ.nu/
Adjective
americano m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas, not comparable)
- American (inhabitant of the Americas)
- American (person born in, or citizen of, the United States of America)
Noun
americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)
- American (native of the Americas)
- American (native of the United States of America)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ameɾiˈkano/
Adjective
americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas)
- of the Americas
- of the United States
Noun
americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)
- American (a native of the Americas)
- American (a native of the United States)
- someone who became rich in the Americas and returned to his country
Usage notes
- Definition 1 is the common meaning.
- Definition 2 is more modern and imported from English. It is more commonly used in Spain than in the Americas.
- Definition 3 is very rarely used, the term indiano being more common.
- It is primarily in the United States where americano is currently used in reference to the United States. Otherwise, in Spanish americano is always used in reference to the Americas. For the United States (country) in particular, the more precise term is estadounidense.
- The usage of the term norteamericano in reference to the United States is not strictly speaking, correct, as this term technically refers to North America (which includes Canada, United States, Mexico, and many other nations), however it is very commonly used in reference to the U.S.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “americano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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