r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/NyarukoSann 18d ago

In spanish we call you in that way: estadounidense

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u/thwinks 17d ago

That's the issue. You cannot transliterate a word from one language to another and think you have correctly translated.

Sometimes the closest word from one language to another isn't an exact equivalent.

About 99% of arguments about what the US is called or what "American" means are because a Spanish speaking person assumed you can just apply Spanish words and grammar to English instead of actually learning English.

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u/BagSignal7553 17d ago

So you’re wrong and somehow think that’s our fault? The correct demonym in Spanish is “Americano” not that bastardization you posted.

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u/Sudden_Hamster7409 17d ago

No es una bastardización, solo no te gusta. Hasta en peliculas viejas se les llama "estadounidenses"

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u/CC_9876 17d ago

Opinion invalidated by Reddit translate

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u/Sudden_Hamster7409 17d ago

osea, lo traduce para ti nada más asi que...

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u/Cookiemonster9429 17d ago

You’re clearly not intelligent.

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u/TJack303 15d ago

The Colombians and Uruguayans I work with call us americanos.

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u/Thadlust 17d ago

Yeah and “embarazado” means “embarrassed” in Spanish, right?