100 Examples of Gentile

Gentile

The gentile are those adjectives that account for the geographical origin of an individual. For example: Mexican, Italian, Russian.

The gentilicio, like everything adjective, describes yet noun even though it is (often) omitted. The geographical origin can be a category as vast as a continent or much more specific, such as a province or a city. The most used gentilicio is that of country, perhaps due to its direct association with the citizenship of the people.

The gentilicio shares with all the adjectives the question of the correspondence or concordance between gender and number with the noun to which it refers (although some names do not distinguish gender).

Unlike what happens in the English language, the gentilics in Spanish start with lowercase. Furthermore, gentilic adjectives often take on the role of a noun. For example: The Argentinian won the tournament again.

How are the names formed?

The gentilices and their connotations

The existence of the people is proof of the different relationships that were established throughout history between different human groups from different places.

Although the gentilicio only describes an objective fact (it simply indicates where someone was born), many times within a community the gentilicio acquire special connotations, often derogatory or discriminatory or at least stereotyped, which are advised to avoid.

Qualifying any Spaniard as a ‘Galician’ or any American as ‘Yankee’, in addition to being disrespectful, is a clear sign of ignorance.

Inhabitants of continents

Country names

Cities names