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minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThey downvoted you, but in Spanish speaking countries, America is a single continent, with North, South, center and Caribbean just being regions
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI dunno what Spanish speaking country you’re from, but every Spanish speaker I’ve ever known has used “America” to casually refer to the USA.
minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSoy de México y le dicen Estados Unidos en todo latino América Here’s a meme from a chilean cartoonist: You can also check the Wikipedia page under the section “Number” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Greece and many Romance-speaking countries—including Latin America.[34][42]
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHave you really ever heard someone from Jalisco or whatever refer to themselves as “American”?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat? No I mean in casual conversation. Not a technical definition, I’m talking about how people casually refer to themselves.
They downvoted you, but in Spanish speaking countries, America is a single continent, with North, South, center and Caribbean just being regions
I dunno what Spanish speaking country you’re from, but every Spanish speaker I’ve ever known has used “America” to casually refer to the USA.
Soy de México y le dicen Estados Unidos en todo latino América
Here’s a meme from a chilean cartoonist:
You can also check the Wikipedia page under the section “Number”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
Have you really ever heard someone from Jalisco or whatever refer to themselves as “American”?
From the continent America, yes
What? No I mean in casual conversation. Not a technical definition, I’m talking about how people casually refer to themselves.