Oh I understand the word, it just seems like a lot of syllables.
Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours agoWhen they aren’t USA bootlickers.
ps: This is Portuguese. US is Estados Unidos.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 8 hours ago
limpatzk@bookwyr.me 1 hour 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.