Native American

Spanish translation: Nativo Americano

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English term or phrase:	Native American
Spanish translation:	Nativo Americano
Entered by:	eferrer

16:04 Apr 24, 2007

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology

English term or phrase: Native American

I'd like to know the standard term when referring to U.S. native Americans - NOT native people in the Americas in general. I get so many different answers when using free translation software that I'm now confused. Thanks in advance.

eferrer

Nativo Americano

Explanation:
Yo lo diría así. Hay muchas referencias en Google.

Selected response from:

eftraductora
Spain
Local time: 18:47

Grading comment

This is a very difficult one for me to grade because of the polemics surrounding the term. However, since I am trying to properly translate the title of an artist's work, I choose this one because it is most direct. I thank everyone for a good discussion.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

Indigena Norteamericano

JEvicente

4 +3

Nativo Americano

eftraductora

4 +3

indio americano

Tradjur

5 +1

amerindio / piel roja

Gerardo Noriega Rivero

amerindio

Margarita Gonzalez

indio norteamericano

Maria Rosich Andreu

4 +1

pueblo originario norteamericano

Alicia Villegas

norteamericano de nacimiento

patricia scott

Nativo Americano

liz askew

It depends on the context

Felipe Castillo Ruiz

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

native american Indigena Norteamericano

Explanation:
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JEvicente
Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Henry Hinds

2 mins

neutral

liz askew: I really think that in this instance, references should be provided.//Ask a native American! To me "native American" are those people who live in reserves throughout in the USA//Political correctness ignores history.

8 mins

agree

Aïda Garcia Pons: Yo tmb lo diría así. http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/drivers/apply/doc/proof...

16 mins

agree

Patricia Rosas: I find plenty of hits for this (14,000) -- there are 60,000 for "Nativo Americano" but my understanding is that "Indígena" is the preferred or politically correct term in Lat Am...

25 mins

agree

patricia scott: In Spain we do not use Nativo Americano. This is a lot more natural.

26 mins

disagree

Juan Jacob: Debo insistir, lo siento, en estadounidense. Tu propuesta incluye a los de México, de Estados Unidos y de Canadá. Ya sabemos que "así se dice" en España, pero es altamente incorrecto. Efectivamente, México no está en América Central.

1 hr

-> Creia que México era Centroamerica... Además, un Indigena Estadounidense es alguién nacido en Estados Unidos, Pais que no existia en la epoca previa a la conolización, por lo cual no se pueden denominar de ese origen

agree

Swatchka

5 hrs

agree

Marsha Wilkie: Sí, indígena es más correcto políticamente.

7 hrs

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

native american

Nativo Americano

Explanation:
Yo lo diría así. Hay muchas referencias en Google.

Reference: http://www.geocities.com/j_saiz_g/nativoamericano.html

eftraductora
Spain
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

native american indio americano

Explanation:
Ésta y "nativo americano" son las que yo conozco para EEUU. Saludos

Tradjur
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 mins confidence:

native american norteamericano de nacimiento

Explanation:
ESCUELA DE LETRAS ® El Crítico ~ Revista de Literatura
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... la neutralidad de los norteamericanos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. ... aunque tanto Roth como su hermano son ya norteamericanos de nacimiento, ...
www.escueladeletras.com/el_critico/consulta.php?id=154 - 38k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
[PDF]
CONSTITUCIONES LIBERALES Y DESPENALIZACION DEL CONSUMO DE DROGAS
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
incluso ya eran norteamericanos de nacimiento; no habìa razón para echarlos de. sus empleos y menos para echarlos del país. Pero estos hombres y mujeres de ...
www.unifr.ch/derechopenal/articulos/pdf/05dic06/tocora_

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-04-24 16:25:13 GMT)
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However, some American Indians have misgivings about the term Native American. Russell Means, a famous American Indian activist, opposes the term Native American because he believes it was imposed by the government without the consent of American Indians.[35] Furthermore, some American Indians question the term Native American because, they argue, it serves to ease the conscience of "white America" with regard to past injustices done to American Indians by effectively eliminating "Indians" from the present.[36] Still others (both Indians and non-Indians) argue that Native American is problematic because "native of" literally means "born in," so any person born in the Americas could be considered "native". However, very often the compound "Native American" will be capitalized in order to differentiate this intended meaning from others. Likewise, "native" (small 'n') can be further qualified by formulations such as "native-born" when the intended meaning is only to indicate place of birth or origin.

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 19:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

liz askew: This could include British settlers, and I'm not convinced that "native American" means this.

9 mins

-> Thank you Liz. You are probablly right. (check above)

agree

Víctor Nine

10 mins

-> Thank you, but I think Liz is right.

neutral

Patricia Rosas: Patricia: I think this term is perfect for people born in the United States (and Canada, and technically, Mexico), but it doesn't capture the meaning of "Native American" or "First Peoples," the indigenous.

21 mins

-> You are right. (As I mentioned above). We don't use Nativo Americano in Spain (no matter how many Google entries there may be). So indígena americano is probably the best choice.

disagree

Juan Jacob: Mis hijos entrarían en esta categoría: nacieron en México.

1 hr

-> Ya hice las aclaraciones pertinentes más arriba.

58 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

native american amerindio / piel roja

Explanation:
The first is an anthropological term; the second, atraditional one, referring to the color of the skin of some native Americans. I hope this does not add to your confusion, but offers you more options to choose from depending on your context. ;-)

Gerardo Noriega Rivero
Mexico
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

native american amerindio

Explanation:
Este es el termino que utilizan las editoriales eductivas (para ESL, es decir, English as SEcond Language) en las escuelas, y aunque la falta de familiaridad causa un poco de rechazo, creo que no es un mal arreglo pues, en rigor, el indio/indígena de Norteamérica abarcaría también al de México y, cuando usan native American no se están refiriendo a estas culturas, sino a las Mohawk, Apache, Pueblo, Siux, etc.

Margarita Gonzalez
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

11 mins confidence:

native american Nativo Americano

Explanation:
Delaware - Opinión - Nativos Americanos "" El Atrápasueños ""
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Hay cientos de reservas de Nativos Americanos a lo largo de los Estados Unidos donde muchos de aquellos Jefes y guerreros, hoy sus descendientes aún viven ...
www.ciao.es/Delaware__Opinion_1281125 - 43k - Cached - Similar pages

Native Americans - American Indians - The First People of America ...
Native Americans - American Indians - The First People of America; History of Native American Tribes.
www.nativeamericans.com/ - 65k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-24 17:29:10 GMT)
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AND:

Native North Americans - Year 8 - SchoolHistory.co.ukCovers all major aspects of the Native Americans. [History learning site] ... American Indian Heritage Foundation, The American Indian Heritage Foundation ...
www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/native.shtml - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

native american indio norteamericano

Explanation:
Habrá que ver a qué público va dirigida la traducción. En España se dice así. Además, creo que "nativo americano" no se entendería (y "americano nativo" menos) con el significado que aquí se busca. Sí que aparece muchas veces en Google, pero la cantidad se reduce drásticamente al restringir las búsquedas a páginas españolas, y seguramente la inmensa mayoría de los casos en que sí aparece son traducciones.

El DRAE lo recoge:
indio
3. adj. Se dice del indígena de América, o sea de las Indias Occidentales, al que hoy se considera como descendiente de aquel sin mezcla de otra raza. U. t. c. s.

añadiéndole el "norteamericano" (que en España se sobreentiende como Canadá + Estados Unidos, aunque no sea geográficamente correcto) ya sabemos que no nos referimos a los indígenas de América Latina.

Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 19:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish

3 hrs confidence:

native american It depends on the context

Explanation:
If you want a standard translation, you can choose one from the above. Of course, they're wrong, but they're standard.

You can use the peoples name in each case also: cherokee, navajo, sioux...

I live in a country where there are many indian peoples and also here sometimes we talk about them about "indians", we forget that they have people names as : huichol, mazahua, purépecha...

I know, you're so much confused now but this term is not easy to define.

Felipe Castillo Ruiz
Local time: 11:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

native american pueblo originario norteamericano

Explanation:
Hace poco tiempo comenzó una tendencia por respetar a los pueblos originarios y se dejó de llamar "aborígenes" (que significa sin origen) e indios (porque refieren a otro lugar) y se empezó a utilizar la frase "pueblo originario" por una cuestión de respeto.

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Note added at 10 horas (2007-04-25 02:17:15 GMT)
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Existen muchas referencias de especialistas en el tema: http://www.suteba.org.ar/archivonotas/suplemento24-1978N0.ht...
http://www.lafogata.org/pueblos/listado.htm

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Note added at 10 horas (2007-04-25 02:18:21 GMT)
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Pueblo originario estadounidense, seguramente es más preciso.

Alicia Villegas
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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