Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America
limpatzk@bookwyr.me 2 weeks agoWhen they aren’t imperialist bootlickers.
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 2 weeks ago
But have you ever seen someone who is not far left using the term estadounidense/estadunidense?
limpatzk@bookwyr.me 2 weeks ago
To be honest I don’t know, “estadunidense” is not as used as “americano”, but I do think you’re right. People who use “estadunidense” tend to be more anti-US.