Los países y sus gentilicios en inglés
¿Cómo se llaman los países en inglés y la gente que vive en ellos?
Hemos confeccionado una lista de países y sus respectivos gentilicios (el nombre del habitante) y adjetivos. Recuerda que, a diferencia del español, en inglés se escriben con mayúscula los gentilicios y los adjetivos relativos a un país.
| País en español | País en inglés | Gentilicio* | Adjetivo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afganistán | Afghanistan | an Afghan | Afghan |
| Albania | Albania | an Albanian | Albanian |
| Argelia | Algeria | an Algerian | Algerian |
| Andorra | Andorra | an Andorran | Andorran |
| Angola | Angola | an Angolan | Angolan |
| Antigua y Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | an Antiguan, a barbudan | Antiguan, Barbudan |
| Argentina | Argentina | an Argentinian, an Argentine | Argentinian, Argentine |
| Armenia | Armenia | an Armenian | Armenian |
| Australia | Australia | an Australian, an Aussie (coloquiall) | Australian |
| Austria | Austria | an Austrian | Austrian |
| Azerbaiyán | Azerbaijan | an Azerbaijani | Azerbaijani |
| las Bahamas | The Bahamas | a Bahamian | Bahamian |
| Bahrein | Bahrain | a Bahraini | Bahraini |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | a Bangladeshi | Bangladeshi |
| Barbados | Barbados | a Barbadian, a Bajan | Barbadian, Bajan |
| Bélgica | Belgium | a Belgian | Belgian |
| Belice | Belize | a Belizean | Belizean |
| Benín | Benin | a Beninese** person | Beninese |
| Bután | Bhutan | a Bhutanese** person | Bhutanese |
| Bielorrusia | Belarus | a Belarussian | Belarussian |
| Birmania (Myanmar) | Burma/Myanmar | of Burma/Myanmar | of Burma/Myanmar |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | a Bolivian | Bolivian |
| Bosnia y Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | a Bosnian, a Herzegovinian | Bosnian, Herzegovinian |
| Botswana | Botswana | a Botswanan | Botswanan |
| Brasil | Brazil | a Brazilian | Brazilian |
| Brunei | Brunei | a Bruneian | Bruneian |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | a Bulgarian | Bulgarian |
| Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | a Burkinabe, a Burkinan | Burkinabe, Burkinan |
| Burundi | Burundi | a Burundian | Burundian |
| Camboya | Cambodia | a Cambodian | Cambodian |
| Camerún | Cameroon | a Cameroonian | Cameroonian |
| Canadá | Canada | a Canadian | Canadian |
| Cabo Verde | Cabo Verde | a Cape Verdean | Cape Verdean |
| Chile | Chile | a Chilean | Chilean |
| China | China | a Chinese** person | Chinese |
| Alemania | Germany | a German | German |
| Chipre | Cyprus | a Cypriot | Cypriot |
| Colombia | Colombia | a Columbian | Columbian |
| las Comoras | Comoros | a Comorian | Comorian |
| el Congo | Congo | a Congolese** person | Congolese |
| Corea del Norte | North Korea | a North Korean | North Korean |
| Corea del Sur | South Korea | a South Korean | South Korean |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rica | a Costa Rican | Costa Rican |
| Costa de Marfil | Côte d'Ivoire | an Ivorian | Ivorian |
| Croacia | Croatia | a Croatian | Croatian |
| Cuba | Cuba | a Cuban | Cuban |
| Dinamarca | Denmark | a Dane, a Danish person | Danish |
| Yibuti | Djibouti | a Djiboutian | Djiboutian |
| Dominica | Dominica | a Dominican | Dominican |
| Egipto | Egypt | an Egyptian | Egyptian |
| Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU) | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) | an Emirati | Emirati |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | an Ecuadorian | Ecuadorian |
| Eritrea | Eritrea | an Etritrean | Etritrean |
| España | Spain | a Spaniard, a Spanish** person | Spanish |
| Estonia | Estonia | an Estonian | Estonian |
| los Estados Unidos de América (EEUU) | The Unites States of America (USA) | an American | American |
| Etiopía | Ethiopia | an Ethiopian | Ethiopian |
| Fiyi | Fiji | a Fijian | Fijian |
| Finlandia | Finland | a Finn, a Finnish** person | Finnish |
| Francia | France | a French** person | French |
| Gabón | Gabon | a Gabonese** person | Gabonese |
| Gambia | The Gambia | a Gambian | Gambian |
| Georgia | Georgia | a Georgian | Georgian |
| Ghana | Ghana | a Ghanaian | Ghanaian |
| Grecia | Greece | a Greek | Greek |
| Granada | Grenada | a Grenadian | Grenadian |
| Groenlandia | Greenland | a Greenlander | Greenlandic |
| Guatemala | Guatemala | a Guatemalan | Guatemalan |
| Guinea | Guinea | a Guinean | Guinean |
| Guinea Ecuatorial | Equatorial Guinea | an Equatorial Guinean | Equatorial Guinean |
| Guinea-Bisáu | Guinea-Bissau | a Bissau-Guinean | Bissau-Guinean |
| Guyana | Guyana | a Guyanese** person | Guyanese |
| Haití | Haiti | a Haitian | Haitian |
| Honduras | Honduras | a Honduran | Honduran |
| Hong kong | Hong Kong | a Hong Kongese** person | Hong Kongese |
| Hungría | Hungary | a Hungarian | Hungarian |
| Islas Feroe | The Faroe Islands | a Faroese** person | Faroese |
| Islas Marshall | The Marshall Islands | a Marshallese** person | Marshallese |
| Mauricio | Mauritius | a Mauritian | Mauritian |
| la India | India | an Indian | Indian |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | an Indonesian | Indonesian |
| Iraq | Iraq | an Iraqi | Iraqi |
| Irán | Iran | an Iranian | Iranian |
| Irlanda | Ireland | an Irish** person | Irish |
| Islandia | Iceland | an Icelander | Icelandic |
| Israel | Israel | an Israeli | Israeli |
| Italia | Italy | an Italian | Italian |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | a Jamaican | Jamaican |
| Japón | Japan | a Japanese** person | Japanese |
| Jordania | Jordan | a Jordanian | Jordanian |
| Kazajistán | Kazakhstan | a Kazakhstani | Kazakhstani |
| Kenia | Kenya | a Kenyan | Kenyan |
| Kirguistán | Kyrgyzstan | a Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz |
| Kiribati | Kiribati | a Kiribatian person | Kiribatian |
| Kosovo | Kosovo | a Kosovan | Kosovan |
| Kuwait | Kuwait | a Kuwaiti | Kuwaiti |
| Laos | Laos | a Lao | Laotian, Lao |
| Lesotho | Lesotho | a Mosotho, Basotho (plural) | Basotho |
| Letonia | Latvia | a Latvian | Latvian |
| Líbano | Lebanon | a Lebanese** person | Lebanese |
| Liberia | Liberia | a Liberian | Liberian |
| Libia | Libya | a Libyan | Libyan |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | a Liechtensteiner | of Liechtenstein |
| Lituania | Lithuania | a Lithuanian | Lithuanian |
| Luxemburgo | Luxembourg | a Luxembourger | Luxembourg |
| Macao | Macao | a Macanese** person | Macanese |
| Macedonia del Norte | North Macedonia | a Macedonian | Macedonian |
| Madagascar | Madagascar | a Madagascan | Madagascan |
| Malasia | Malaysia | a Malaysian | Malaysian |
| Malawi | Malawi | a Malawian | Malawian |
| Maldivas | The Maldives | a Maldivian | Maldivian |
| Malí | Mali | a Malian | Malian |
| Malta | Malta | a Maltese** person | Maltese |
| Marruecos | Morocco | a Moroccan | Moroccan |
| Mauritania | Mauritania | a Mauritanian | Mauritanian |
| México | Mexico | a Mexican | Mexican |
| Micronesia | Micronesia | a Micronesian | Mikronesian |
| Moldavia | Moldova | a Moldovan | Moldovan |
| Mónaco | Monaco | a Monacan, a Monégasque | Monégasque |
| Mongolia | Mongolia | a Mongolian, a Mongol | Mongolian, Mongol |
| Montenegro | Montenegro | a Montenegrin | Montenegrin |
| Mozanbique | Mozambique | a Mozambican | Mozambican |
| Namibia | Namibia | a Namibian | Namibian |
| Nauru | Nauru | a Nauruan | Nauruan |
| Nepal | Nepal | a Nepalese** person | Nepalese |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua | a Nicaraguan | Nicaraguan |
| Níger | Niger | a Nigerien | Nigerien |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | a Nigerian | Nigerian |
| Noruega | Norway | a Norwegian | Norwegian |
| Nueva Zelanda | New Zealand | a New Zealander, a Kiwi (coloquial) | New Zealand |
| Omán | Oman | an Omani | Omani |
| Uganda | Uganda | an Ugandan | Ugandan |
| Uzbekistán | Uzbekistan | an Uzbek | Uzbek |
| Pakistán | Pakistan | a Pakistani | Pakistani |
| Palau | Palau | a Palauan | Palauan |
| Palestina | Palestine | a Palestinian | Palestinian |
| Panamá | Panama | a Panamanian | Panamanian |
| Papua Nueva Guinea | Papua New Guinea | a Papua New Guinean | Papua New Guinean |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | a Paraguayan | Paraguayan |
| los Países Bajos | The Netherlands, Holland | a Dutch person | Dutch |
| Perú | Peru | a Peruvian | Peruvian |
| Filipinas | The Philippines | a Filipino | Filipino |
| Polonia | Poland | a Pole, a Polish** person | Polish |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | a Puerto Rican | Puerto Rican |
| Portugal | Portugal | a Portugese** person | Portugese |
| Qatar | Qatar | a Qatari | Qatari |
| República Centroafricana | The Central African Republic | a Central African | Central African |
| República Democrática del Congo | The Democratic Republic of Congo | a Congolese | Congolese |
| República Dominicana | The Dominican Republic | a Dominican | Dominican |
| República Checa | The Czech Republic | a Czech | Czech |
| Rumanía | Romania | a Romanian | Romanian |
| Reino Unido | United Kingdom (UK) | Brit, Briton, British | British |
| Rusia | Russia | a Russian | Russian |
| Ruanda | Rwanda | a Rwandan, Rwandese** person | Rwandese |
| Santa Lucía | St Lucia | a St Lucian | St Lucian |
| San Cristóbal y Nieves | St Kitts and Nevis | a Kittian, a Nevisian | Kittian, Nevisian |
| San Marino | San Marino | a Sanmarinese** person | Sanmarinese |
| San Vicente y las Granadinas | St Vincent and the Grenadines | a Vincentian | Vincentian |
| las Islas Salomón | The Solomon Islands | a Solomon Isalnder | Solomon |
| El Salvador | El Salvador | a Salvadorean | Salvadorean |
| Samoa | Samoa | a Samoan | Samoan |
| Santo Tomé y Príncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe | a São Toméan | São Toméan |
| Arabia Saudí | Saudi Arabia | a Saudi Arabian, a Saudi | Saudi Arabian, Saudi |
| Senegal | Senegal | a Senegalese** person | Senegalese |
| Serbia | Serbia | a Serbian, a Serb | Serbian, Serb |
| las Seychelles | The Seychelles | a Seychellois | Seychellois |
| Sierra Leona | Sierra Leone | a Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leonean |
| Singapur | Singapore | a Singaporean | Singaporean |
| Eslovaquia | Slovakia | a Slovakian | Slovakian |
| Eslovenia | Slovenia | a Slovenian | Slovenian |
| Somalia | Somalia | a Somalian | Somalian |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | a Sri Lankan | Sri Lankan |
| Suecia | Sweden | a Swede, a Swedish** person | Swedish |
| Suiza | Switzerland | a Swiss** person | Swiss |
| Sudán | Sudan | a Sudanese** person | Sudanese |
| Sudán del Sur | South Sudan | a South Sudanese person | South Sudanese |
| Surinam | Suriname | a Surniamese** person | Surinamese |
| Sudáfrica | South Africa | a South African | South African |
| Suazilandia | Eswatini | a Swazi | Swazi |
| Siria | Syria | a Syrian | Syrian |
| Tayikistán | Tajikistan o Tadzhikstan | a Tajik | Tajik |
| Taiwán | Taiwan | a Taiwanese** person | Taiwanese |
| Tanzania | Tanzania | a Tanzanian | Tanzanian |
| el Chad | Chad | a Chadian | Chadian |
| Tailandia | Thailand | a Thai | Thai |
| el Tíbet | Tibet | a Tibetan | Tibetan |
| Timor Oriental | Timor-Leste | East Timorese | East Timorese |
| Togo | Togo | a Togolese** person | Togolese |
| Tonga | Tonga | a Tongan | Tongan |
| Trinidad y Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | a Trinidadian, a Tobagonian | Trinidadian, Tobagonian |
| Túnez | Tunisia | a Tunisian | Tunisian |
| Turkmenistán | Turkmenistan | a Turkmen | Turkmen |
| Turquía | Türkiye | a Turk | Turkish |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu | a Tuvaluan | Tuvaluan |
| Ucrania | Ukraine | a Ukrainian | Ukrainian |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | a Uruguayan | Uruguayan |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatu | a Vanuatuan | Vanuatuan |
| Ciudad del Vaticano | Vatican City | a citizen of the Vatican City | Vatican |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | a Venezuelan | Venezuelan |
| Vietnam | Vietnam | a Vietnamese** person | Vietnamese |
| Yemen | Yemen | a Yemeni | Yemeni |
| Zambia | Zambia | a Zambian | Zambian |
| Zimbabue | Zimbabwe | a Zimbabwean | Zimbabwean |
| Escocia | Scotland | a Scot, a Scottish** person | Scottish |
| Inglaterra | England | an English** person | English |
| Gales | Wales | a Welsh** person | Welsh |
| Irlanda del Norte | Northern Ireland | Northern Irish** person | Northern Irish |
Nota:
*Esta lista ha sido elaborada teniendo en cuenta la denominación oficial de los habitantes de un país o territorio. Es posible que en algunos casos la propia población se identifique más con su origen étnico y por tanto prefiera una denominación diferente.
** No se pueden usar adjetivos terminados en ss como nombres en singular. Por ello, se recurre a la fórmula adjetivo + person/man/woman.
- Ejemplo:
- There is a Vietnamese woman in my English class. Hay una (mujer) vietnamita en mi clase de inglés.
Sin embargo, sí se pueden usar estos adjetivos como nombres colectivos o en plural acompañados de un artículo definido para referirnos a los habitantes de un país en general.
- Ejemplo:
- Food and family are very important to the Vietnamese. La comida y la familia son muy importantes para los vietnamitas.
Fuente
Esta lista de países ha sido elaborada en base al Libro de estilo interinstitucional de la UE, Anexo A5.
