Paulista and paulistano?

Suppose you know a person who was born in São Paulo. During the conversation about the other's hometown, a doubt arises: after all, he is paulista or paulistano?

Both forms are correct, but they refer to different things. The confusion happens because both the state and the capital have the same name.

Therefore, let us clarify difference between paulistano and paulistano.

Paulista or paulistano?

Paulista and paulistano are gentiles, that is, they designate a person according to their place of birth or where they live.

Also called patriotic adjectives, this class of words may be related to cities, States, countries It is continents.

This means that every paulistano is also a paulistano, as he was born in capital of the state of São Paulo

. However, not every paulistano is from São Paulo, since he could have been born in any other city in the state.

And in Rio de Janeiro?

The case is repeated in Rio de Janeiro, where capital and state also have the same name. The terms carioca and fluminense indicate people born or residing in that locality.

In this situation, the correct term to designate who is born in the Rio de Janeiro state é fluminense, while a person born in the capital is called a From Rio.

Brazilian Gentiles

In the others Federal Units of Brazil there is no reason for confusion, as capital cities are named differently from states.

Check out some examples:

• Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais;
• Curitiba, capital of Paraná: people from Curitiba and Paraná;
• Fortress, capital of Ceará: people from Fortaleza and Ceará;
• Goiania, capital of Goias: goianiense and goiano;
• Manaus, capital of amazon: manauense and amazonense;
• Palmas, capital of Tocantins: palmense and tocantinense;
• Recife, capital of Pernambuco: Recife and Pernambuco;
• Salvador, capital of bahia: soteropolitano and baiano.

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