nacional

/naθjoˈnal/ · A2 · adj

national, nationwide

nación + -al = nation + al: nearly the English word national

From Latin natio (birth, people) plus the adjective ending -al. English national shares the same root, so only the sound shifts: the c is a soft th/s and the stress falls on the last syllable, na-cio-NAL.

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