centroamericano

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician centro-

Galician América

Galician -ano

Galician americano

Galician centroamericano

From centro- + americano.

Adjective

centroamericano (feminine centroamericana, masculine plural centroamericanos, feminine plural centroamericanas)

1. Central American (of, from or relating to Central America)

Noun

centroamericano m (plural centroamericanos, feminine centroamericana, feminine plural centroamericanas)

1. Central American (native or inhabitant of Central America) (usually male)

Further reading

• “centroamericano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Alternative forms

• centramericano

Etymology

From centro- +‎ americano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɛn.tro.a.me.riˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro‧a‧me‧ri‧cà‧no

Adjective

centroamericano (feminine centroamericana, masculine plural centroamericani, feminine plural centroamericane)

1. Central American (of, from or relating to Central America)

Noun

centroamericano m (plural centroamericani, feminine centroamericana)

1. Central American (native or inhabitant of Central America) (usually male)

Further reading

• centroamericano in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• centroamericano in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• centroamericano in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• centroamericano in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• “centroamericano”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish centro-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-

Proto-Germanic *amalą

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.

Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos

Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos

Proto-Germanic *haimaz

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Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?

Italian Amerigoder.

New Latin Americabor.

Spanish América

Spanish -ano

Spanish americano

Spanish centroamericano

From centro- + americano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θentɾoameɾiˈkano/ [θẽn̪.t̪ɾo.a.me.ɾiˈka.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sentɾoameɾiˈkano/ [sẽn̪.t̪ɾo.a.me.ɾiˈka.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cen‧tro‧a‧me‧ri‧ca‧no

Adjective

centroamericano (feminine centroamericana, masculine plural centroamericanos, feminine plural centroamericanas)

1. Central American (of, from or relating to Central America)
   • 2022 June 30, Ángela Reyes Haczek, “Dejar el hogar y empezar el viaje: quiénes son los que migran a EE.UU. y por qué lo hacen”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     La búsqueda de oportunidades económicas fue mencionada por el 74% de migrantes centroamericanos en Estados Unidos encuestados para un estudio del BID como la principal causa para querer radicarse en el norte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• mochuelo centroamericano

Noun

centroamericano m (plural centroamericanos, feminine centroamericana, feminine plural centroamericanas)

1. Central American (native or inhabitant of Central America) (usually male)

Related terms

• América Central

Further reading

• “centroamericano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025