April and Abril

Question

Si una persona llamada Abril viaja a Estados Unidos (E.E.U.U.) ¿Los estadounidenses la llamarían April o Abril ?

I would call her April , because it sounds so sweet. - ray76, Dec 2, 2015

I would call her "Abril" because that is her name. I wouldn't call someone named "Juan" the English equivalent "John" just because he is in the US. - Winkfish, Dec 2, 2015

Never change a person's name unless they ask you to do so. - ian-hill, Dec 2, 2015

I ditto Winkfish and ian-hill. - Daniela2041, Dec 3, 2015

Answer 1

Although I agree totally with what has been said by all, this does not always

become "one size fits all" .Whenever I am among Italians , French or germans

and to a lesser degree Spanish people my name becomes the equivalent name

in their language because it is a universal name . Australia is one of the largest

and most successful multicultural country in the world, but we have a tendency

to "Australianise" names in our peculiar manner by adding an "O" at the end of

names,'David'='Davo, Freddy = Fredo, we are also very big on " nicknames" so

unless you object you never know what you will get , consequently most people

are cool with that , we do not take it too seriously . So long as you pay for the

next round of drinks you can call me "Tío Ramón" .

You've got a deal, Tío Ramón!! - Winkfish, Dec 3, 2015

Ray, what can we call you if we don't pay for the next round of drinks? lol hahha - - FELIZ77, Dec 4, 2015

Ramón que desaparació. - ray76, Dec 4, 2015

Answer 2

Hola Happysebilla,

Bienvenido al foro Spanishdict

Has dicho/ has preguntado:

Si una persona llamada Abril viaja a Estados Unidos (E.E.U.U.) ¿Los estadounidenses la llamarían April o Abril ?

Bueno, estoy completamente de acuerdo con Daniela, Ian y Winkfish and Dougboy que deberias llamarla 'Abril', porque esa es su nombre real. La gente hispanohablante que viven en los Estados Unidos la llamarían 'Abril'. No sé si la gente angloparlante que viven en este mismo país llamaría 'Abril' o April...¡supongo que dependa de cada persona si respetan su cultura, o no! ¡Puede ser que tratan de anglicanizarlo!

Espero que te lo sirva bien

Corrijan mi español , sis es necesario, por favor

Hello Happysebilla,

Welcome to the Spanishdict forum

You said/You asked:

Si una persona llamada Abril viaja a Estados Unidos (E.E.U.U.) ¿Los estadounidenses la llamarían April o Abril ? (If a person called April travels to the United States, would the American people call her April or Abril?)

Well, I completely agree with Daniela, Ian and Winkfish that you should call her 'Abril', because that is her real name! The Spanishspeaking people that live in the United States would call her 'Abril'. I don't know if the English speaking people who live in this same country would call her Abril o April, I suppose it depends on each person, whether they respect her culture or not! They may try to anglicize it (her name)!

I hope it helps

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Righton mate. - ray76, Dec 3, 2015

Answer 3

Everyone has different opinions about what you call someone when they have a Spanish name, but I definitely think that unless you're told by a person that you may call them the English equivalent of their Spanish name, I would just call them by their Spanish name. So, I would call her "Abril", and not "April".

Please feel free to correct my spelling & grammar if you think there is something incorrect.

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You are correct , but just do not try that with Chinese name it is too hard , they usually pick an Anglicised name for you. - ray76, Dec 3, 2015

Thanks, Ray. - Dogboy1000, Dec 4, 2015