guatemalteco

Guatemalan

noun adjective gwah-teh-mahl-TEH-koh Rare

Usage Note

Guatemalteco is both the noun ('a Guatemalan') and the adjective ('Guatemalan'): un guatemalteco, la cocina guatemalteca. The feminine is guatemalteca. Guatemala takes its name from a Nahuatl word meaning roughly 'place of many trees.' Citizens also use chapín/chapina as a colloquial demonym among themselves.

Examples

"El escritor guatemalteco ganó un premio internacional."

Natural Translation

The Guatemalan writer won an international prize.

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