Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
What is your country?
Spanish translation:
¿Cúal es su país de origen?
Added to glossary by
olv10siq
Jan 9, 2002 23:35
22 yrs ago
English term
Vicotia
What is your country?
Non-PRO
English to Spanish
Other
In a report.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
Proposed translations
+6
22 mins
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¿Cúal es su país de origen?
This is formal way to say ¿De qué país viene?
Hope it helps.
Nat. sp.
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I´m sorry, I omitted the \"a\" before formal.
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Note added at 2002-01-10 07:11:39 (GMT)
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I´m sorry again. The accent was misplaced. It should read \"Cuál\"
Hope it helps.
Nat. sp.
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I´m sorry, I omitted the \"a\" before formal.
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I´m sorry again. The accent was misplaced. It should read \"Cuál\"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
-1
7 mins
Hans Hereijgers
Native in: Flemish 
Works in: Spanish to Dutch, English to Dutch, French to Dutch, and 3 more.
¿Cuál es su país (de residencia)?
Hope this helps!
Peer comment(s):
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Patricia Myers
: residencia doesn't imply that you are from there just that you live there
3 hrs
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10 mins
¿De qué país viene?
Your question does not specify country of origin or country of residence. If it's a report and you just write "¿De qué país viene?" you avoid these specifications and still ask the question.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sue Horn
: I think this is the best option. I don't think the original report was written by a native speaker of English because the wording is very strange. It would never be asked this way in English.
12 mins
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thanks
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Patricia Myers
: I don't think it's clear enough it could mean also that you have been on vacation somewhere and they ask you where you were
2 hrs
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-4
11 mins
Lo que es su país
Translation depends of Report.
Cúal es su país ?
Qué es su país ?
Cúal es su país ?
Qué es su país ?
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
: Nope.
1 hr
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| disagree |
Andrea Bullrich
: except for "cuál es su país", which sounds odd but could be a possibility, the other answers are incorrect.
1 hr
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| neutral |
Clarisa Moraña
: En español ponemos signo de interrogación al empezar una pregunta. Siempre. Y es "cuál"
4 hrs
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| disagree |
Ester Vidal (X)
: La única que utilizaríamos en España es "cuál es su país?
9 hrs
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| disagree |
Judith Facio
: Para nada.
9 hrs
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13 mins
pais/patria/pueblo
In the context is dificult to know which concept would be the most accurate, therefore I write this three words to you, patria is more like into nacionality and idiosincrasy. Pais is more like a concept the evokes the territory and pueblo is more like the exact place you are from.
So you could say:
Cual es tu pais/patria/pueblo? (patria is best)
or
Que es tu pais/patria/pueblo? this depends totally on the context.
SER
So you could say:
Cual es tu pais/patria/pueblo? (patria is best)
or
Que es tu pais/patria/pueblo? this depends totally on the context.
SER
59 mins
Carmen Valdebenito
Specialist with 14+ years of experience
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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82
¿Cuál es su país de orígen?
Usually found in applications, legal documents regarding nationlity, surveys, etc.
It could also be 'País de orígen'
It could also be 'País de orígen'
+4
2 hrs
¿De qué país eres? ¿De qué país es?
Just another possibility. The first one is for peers, the second one for people who are older than you are or whom you treat more formally for some other such reason.
HTH
Andrea
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Patricia Myers
57 mins
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| agree |
Ester Vidal (X)
7 hrs
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| agree |
Claudia Campbell
: Creo que de todas esa es la mejor opción. También podría ser: "¿De dónde eres? ¿De dónde es?" Saludos ;>D
7 hrs
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| agree |
AndrewBM
13 hrs
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thanks Andrew & all... :-)
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3 hrs
cual es su pais?
The answer correspond to the normal english expression: "Where are you from"
The other possible meaning would be "que es su pais", this is: what (thing) is your country, but this appear to be absurd. ;-)
Source: my own experience.
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Corrections:
¿cual es su país?
(cual no tiene tilde)
The other possible meaning would be "que es su pais", this is: what (thing) is your country, but this appear to be absurd. ;-)
Source: my own experience.
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Note added at 2002-01-10 04:46:10 (GMT)
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Corrections:
¿cual es su país?
(cual no tiene tilde)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Clarisa Moraña
: En español ponemos signo de interrogación al empezar una pregunta. Siempre. Además "país" y "cuál" llevan acento. No debemos descuidar las reglas ortográficas, por favor.
1 hr
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| neutral |
Ramón Esquivel
: Cual puede escribirse con tilde o sin ella. En interrogación, sí lleva tilde
3 hrs
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10 hrs
Anabel Gargallo
Spain
Spain
Spain
accurate and keen translator
Works in: English to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, Spanish to Catalan, and 1 more.
¿De qué país eres?
That's what we would say in Spain
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