ecuatoriano

Ecuadorian

adjective eh-kwah-toh-RYAH-noh Less Common

Usage Note

Ecuatoriano refers to someone or something from Ecuador (el presidente ecuatoriano, la cultura ecuatoriana). As a noun, un ecuatoriano/una ecuatoriana means an Ecuadorian person. The name Ecuador itself comes from Spanish ecuador (equator), as the country straddles the equator — so the adjective and the geographical term share an obvious root.

Examples

"El escritor ecuatoriano ganó el premio."

Natural Translation

The Ecuadorian writer won the prize.

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