canadiense

/kanaˈdjense/ · B2 · adj

Canadian

🇨🇦🍁 Canad(a) + -iense = from Canada; sounds like can-a-DYEN-say

The Spanish suffix -iense marks people or things from a place, as in estadounidense (from the United States). Take Canadá, add -iense, and you get canadiense: Canadian. The form is the same for masculine and feminine.

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