Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 14 hours agoestadounidenses
people actually use this in conversation?
Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 14 hours agoestadounidenses
people actually use this in conversation?
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
When they aren’t USA bootlickers.
ps: This is Portuguese. US is Estados Unidos.
limpatzk@bookwyr.me 3 hours ago
That’s not an ABSOLUTE true if you’re talking about Brazil. Yes, some people prefer to use the term “estadunidenses” over “americanos” for political reasons, but I’ve seen some people on the far left using the term “americanos” too. The problem is that “estadunidense” is a long word, even if it has just one additional syllable compared to “americanos”. Most Portugese words has 2-3 syllables and people tend to stick with shorter words.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
But have you ever seen someone who is not far left using the term estadounidense/estadunidense?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 hours ago
Oh I understand the word, it just seems like a lot of syllables.