Nationalities that End in a Vowel Nationalities that End in an o Nationalities that end in an o have four forms: masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural. Here are some quick rules for the changes you'll need to make to the masculine singular form in order to make the feminine singular and plural forms. To make the singular feminine form: change the o in the masculine singular form to an a To make the masculine plural form: Add an s to the end of the masculine singular form To make the feminine plural form: Add an s to the end of the feminine singular form Mi abuelo es mexicano. My grandfather is Mexican. Mi abuela es mexicana. My grandmother is Mexican. Mis abuelos son mexicanos. My grandfathers are Mexican. Mis abuelas son mexicanas. My grandmothers are Mexican. Nationalities that End in an e or an Accented Vowel Nationalities that end in an e or an accented vowel have only two forms. This is because the masculine and feminine singular forms of these adjectives are the same. Here are the rules for making the singular forms of these adjectives plural. For adjectives that end in e or é: add an s to end of the singular form to make the plural form For adjectives that end in an accented vowel other than é: add an -es to the singular form to make the plural form Melissa es costarricense. Melissa is Costa Rican. Ellos son costarricenses. They are Costa Rican. Samuel es iraquí. Samuel is Iraqi. Los chicos son iraquíes. The boys are Iraqi. List of Common Nationalities that End in a Vowel Here you'll find a handy list of common nationalities that end in a vowel. English Translation Masculine Singular Form Masculine Plural Form Feminine Singular Form Feminine Plural Form American americano americanos americana americanas Argentinean argentino argentinos argentina argentina Bolivian boliviano bolivianos boliviana bolivianas Canadian canadiense canadienses canadiense canadienses Costa Rican costarricense costarricenses costarricense costarricenses Cuban cubano cubanos cubana cubanas Honduran hondureño hondureños hondureña hondureñas Iraqi iraquí iraquíes iraquí iraquíes Italian italiano italianos italiana italianas Mexican mexicano mexicanos mexicana mexicanas Moroccan marroquí marroquíes marroquí marroquíes Nicaraguan nicaragüense nicaragüenses nicaragüense nicaragüenses Uruguayan uruguayo uruguayos uruguaya uruguayas In English, American may refer to people from North, Central, and South America, though it's most commonly used to refer to someone from the United States. In Spanish, it's more common for the word americano to be used to refer to anything or anyone from North, Central, or South America. If you want to make it very clear that you're talking about someone or something from the United States, use the nationality adjective estadounidense . Nationalities that End in a Consonant Nationalities that end in a consonant have four forms: masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural. To make the feminine singular form: add an a to the end of the masculine singular form remove the written accent over the vowel if there is one El maestro es alemán. The teacher is German. La maestra es alemana. The teacher is German. El escritor es japonés. The writer is Japanese. La escritora es japonesa. The writer is Japanese. El cantante es español. The singer is Spanish. La cantante es española. The singer is Spanish. To make the masculine plural form: add -es to the masculine singular form remove the written accent over the vowel if there is one To make the feminine plural form: add s to the feminine singular form El maestro danés. The teacher is Danish. Los maestros son daneses. The teacher are Danish. Las maestras son danesas. The teachers are Danish. El cantante es español. The singer is Spanish. Los cantantes son españoles. The singers are Spanish. Las cantantes son españolas. The singers are Spanish. List of Common Nationalities that End in a Consonant Here you'll find a handy list of common nationalities that end in a consonant. English Translation Masculine Singular Form Masculine Plural Form Feminine Singular Form Feminine Plural Form Danish danés daneses danesa danesas Finnish finlandés finlandeses finlandesa finlandesas French francés franceses francesa francesas German alemán alemanes alemana alemanas Irish irlandés irlandeses irlandesa irlandesas Japanese japonés japoneses japonesa japonesas Lebanese libanés libaneses libanesa libanesas Spanish español españoles española españolas Thai tailandés tailandeses tailandesa tailandesas
