finlandés

Finnish (person)

noun adjective feen-lan-DEHS Less Common

Also means

Finnish (language)

Usage Note

Finlandés refers to a person from Finland or the Finnish language. As an adjective it changes for gender and number: finlandesa, finlandeses, finlandesas. The accent on finlandés marks the stressed final syllable in the masculine singular; the accent disappears in other forms — finlandesa, finlandeses. Note that 'Finnish' and 'Finish' are frequent English spelling errors.

Examples

"Mi amigo finlandés habla tres idiomas."

Natural Translation

My Finnish friend speaks three languages.

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