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* NOTE: In Spanish, the national origin term corresponding to the people from the United States is "estadounidense". Strictly speaking, the term "americano" refers to a person from any country of the region of the Americas. Nevertheless, the Spanish-speaking population of the United States of America uses it to refer to the people from this country. Indigenous people prefer their tribal name.
| English Inglés |
Spanish Español |
Colloquial or Related Terms Términos coloquiales o relacionados en masculino |
|---|---|---|
| American | estadounidense | americano -see note above / véase nota arriba; gringo |
| Argentinean | argentino | Gaucho |
| Argentinean-American | argentino-americano | |
| Bolivian | boliviano | coyas: región de la Paz; cambas: región de Santa Cruz |
| Bolivian-American | boliviano-americano | |
| Central American | centroamericano | |
| Chilean | chileno | cerrillano/a: de la comuna de Cerrillos en Santiago de Chile. |
| Chilean-American | chileno-americano | |
| Colombian | colombiano | |
| Colombian-American | colombiano-americano | |
| Costa Rican | costarricense | Tico |
| Costa Rican-American | costarricense-americano | |
| Cuban | cubano | |
| Cuban-American | cubano-americano | |
| Dominican | dominicano | quisqueyano, de Quisqueya |
| Dominican-American | dominicano-americano | |
| Ecuadorian | ecuatoriano | costa, sierra, serrano (procedente de cualquier cadena montañosa en general) |
| Ecuadorian-American | ecuatoriano-americano | |
| Guatemalan | guatemalteco | chapín/a |
| Guatemalan-American | guatemalteco-americano | |
| Hispanic | hispano | from Spain or Hispanoamérica |
| Hispanic-American | hispano-americano | |
| Honduran | hondureño | Catracho |
| Honduran-American | hondureño-americano | |
| Latino | latino | |
| Latin-American | latinoamericano | |
| Mexican | mexicano | |
| Mexican-American | méxicoamericano | chicano, raza |
| Nicaraguan | nicaragüense | nica, nicoyas |
| Nicaraguan-American | nicaragüense-americano | |
| North American | norteamericano | |
| Panamanian | panameño | colonense/a: de Colón |
| Panamanian-American | panameño-americano | |
| Paraguayan | paraguayo | Guaraní |
| Paraguayan-American | paraguayo-americano | |
| Peruvian | peruano | chalaco/a: de Callao, Perú. |
| Peruvian-American | peruano-americano | |
| Puerto Rican | puertorriqueño | boricua, de borinquen, jíbaro refers to rural persons with profound cultural roots. |
| Salvadorian | salvadoreño | Cuzcatleco |
| Salvadorian-American | salvadoreño-americano | |
| Spanish/Spaniard | español | gallego/a: de Galicia; Ibérico/a: from Iberoamérica. |
| Spanish-American | hispano-estadounidense | Hispanoamericano (in Spanish language it refers to people of the Americas of Spanish origin) Hispanic-American (used interchangeably in the U.S. for those of Latin-American descent and those of Spanish descent). |
| South-American | sudamericano | andino/a |
| Uruguayan | Uruguayo | Charrúa |
| Uruguayan-American | uruguayo-americano | |
| Venezuelan | Venezolano | |
| Venezuelan-American | venezolano-americano |
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