Countries and nationalities in Spanish

Do you capitalize countries in Spanish? The answer is "yes". As in English, the names are written with capital letters. The difference comes in the nationalities. While in English they are capitalized, in Spanish they are not. 

European countries 

The nationalities in Spanish are in masculine or feminine gender. In most of the cases the difference is that the feminine one ends in -a. For example: albanés / albanesa

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Countries in Spanish: Asia

Nationalities: masculine and feminine - afgano / afgana. 

African countries in Spanish

Nationalities: masculine and feminine - angolano / angolana

South American countries in Spanish

Nationalities: masculine and feminine - argentino / argentina

Central American countries 

Nationalities: masculine and feminine - beliceño / beliceña

Countries in Spanish: North America and Australia

Nationalities: masculine and feminine - australiano / australiana

Where are you from?

Example dialogue

Damian: ¡Hola! ¿De dónde eres? Hello! Where are you from?

Joseph: Soy de Australia. Soy australiano. Y tú, ¿de dónde vienes? I am from Australia. I´m Australian. And you?

Damian: Yo vengo de los Estados Unidos, pero vivo en Ecuador. I´m from the United States, but I live in Ecuador. 

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