Asian Nationalities in Spanish

This list of Asian nationalities in Spanish includes all the Spanish nationality adjectives for Asian countries in masculine and feminine, and with their singular and plural forms.

Do not forget two things about nationalities in Spanish:

  • They are written with lowercase.
  • They agree with the gender and number of the noun they describe.

Some of these countries have more than one correct gentilicio or demonym in Spanish, like several correct plural forms (this usually happens with many nationalities ending with in singular, as they have two correct endings, –íes and –ís).

A few countries on this list are considered Eurasian (those that have * in the green column).

Nationality in EnglishNationality in Spanish
(Masculine singular)
Nationality in Spanish
(Masculine plural)
Nationality in Spanish
(Feminine singular)
Nationality in Spanish
(Feminine plural)
Afghanafganoafganosafganaafganas
Saudisaudísaudíes, saudíssaudísaudíes, saudís
Armenianarmenioarmeniosarmeniaarmenias
Azerbaijaniazerbaiyano azerbaiyanos azerbaiyana azerbaiyanas
Bangladeshibangladesíbangladesíes, bangladesís bangladesí bangladesíes, bangladesís
Bahrainibahreiníbahreiníes, bahreinís bahreiní bahreiníes, bahreinís
Burmesebirmano birmanosbirmanabirmanas
Bruneianbruneanobruneanosbruneanabruneanas
Bhutanesebutanésbutaneses butanesabutanesas
Cambodiancamboyanocamboyanoscamboyana camboyanas
Qataricatarícataríes, cataríscatarí cataríes, catarís
Chinesechinochinos chinachinas
North Koreannorcoreanonorcoreanosnorcoreananorcoreanas
South Koreansurcoreanosurcoreanossurcoreanasurcoreanas
Emiratiemiratíemiratíes emiratí emiratíes
Filipinofilipinofilipinosfilipinafilipinas
Georgian*georgianogeorgianosgeorgianageorgianas
Egyptian*egipcioegipciosegipciaegipcias
Indianindio indiosindiaindias
Indonesianindonesio indonesios indonesiaindonesias
Iraqiiraquíiraquíes, iraquísiraquí iraquíes, iraquís
Iranianiraníiraníes, iranísiraní iraníes, iranís
Palestinianpalestinopalestinospalestinapalestinas
Japanesejaponésjaponesesjaponesajaponesas
Jordanianjordanojordanosjordanajordanas
Kazakhstani*kazajokazajoskazajakazajas
Kyrgyzkirguískirguiseskirguisakirguisas
Kuwaitikuwaitíkuwaitíes, kuwaitískuwaití kuwaitíes, kuwaitís
Laolaosianolaosianoslaosianalaosianas
Lebaneselibanéslibaneseslibanesalibanesas
Maldivianmaldivomaldivosmaldivamaldivas
Malaysianmalasiomalasiosmalasiamalasias
Mongolianmongol mongolesmongolamongolas
Nepalinepalínepalíes, nepalís nepalí nepalíes, nepalís
Omaniomaníomaníes, omanís omaní omaníes, omanís
Pakistanipakistaní pakistaníes, pakistaníspakistaní pakistaníes, pakistanís
Russian*rusorusosrusarusas
Singaporeansingapurense singapurenses singapurense singapurenses
Syriansiriosiriossiriasirias
Sri Lankanesrilanquésesrilanquesesesrilanquesaesrilanquesas
Thaitailandéstailandesestailandesatailandesas
Tajikistanitayiko tayikostayikatayikas
Timoresetimorensetimorenses timorensetimorenses
Turkmenistaniturkmenoturkmenosturkmenaturkmenas
Turkish*turcoturcosturcaturcas
Uzbekistaniuzbekouzbekosuzbekauzbekas
Vietnamesevietnamitavietnamitasvietnamitavietnamitas
Yemeniyemeníyemeníes, yemenísyemení yemeníes, yemenís

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