Question

In most spanish-speaking countries, married women legally ____. adopt their husbands' surnames retain their maiden surnames in the name maría antonia abad fernández, abad is the ____. paternal surname maternal surname if lourdes blanco cabrera marries carlos arias delgado, she could present herself as ____. lourdes cabrera de delgado lourdes blanco de arias in the name luis felipe gonzález y pérez, pérez is the _____. paternal surname maternal surname rey juan carlos is married to ____. princesa sofía reina sofía letizia ortiz rocasolano is ____. la princesa de asturias la reina de españa the average family size in spain is ____ than the average family size in mexico. smaller larger ask your instructor select reference tools. áéíñóúü¿¡ all caps

Answer 1

Answer:

1: Retain their maiden surnames, 2: Paternal surname(Family name) ,3:Lourdes blanco de Arias, 4: Maternal  surname, 5: Reina Sofia, 6: Reina de Espana, 7: Small family size.

Explanation:

Question 1: In most spanish-speaking countries, married women legally "retain their maiden surname,

it is of norm in many countries that a married woman  takes on the surname of her husband (i.e family name of the husband) however the traditions of many Latin speaking countries permit a woman to retain her family name after marriage and used her husband surname for other purpose like social purpose e.tc  .''

Question 2: adopt their husbands' surnames retain their maiden surnames in the name maría antonia abad fernández, abad is the '' paternal surname( Her family name).

From the example given Maria antonia abad fernandez, Maria is married to Fernandez and Abad which is the second surname is her paternal surname.

Note: it is legally permitted to have two maiden surname in Latin countries.

Question 3: if lourdes blanco cabrera marries carlos arias delgado, she could present herself as " Lourdes blanco de Arias"

Following the previous explanation, in which women are permitted to have two surname, Lourdes blanco cabrera is married to Carlos arias Delgado hence,Lourdes could present herself legally as Lourdes Blanco de Arias.

Question 4: lourdes cabrera de delgado lourdes blanco de arias in the name luis felipe gonzález y pérez, pérez is the "Maternal surname''. Maternal surname is a name inherited from one's mothers side.

Note:Hispanic surnames usually consists of paternal surname which is followed by the maternal name and it is common to see preposition  de or y in a written name

Hence, in the case of Luis felipe gonzalez y perez, Perez is the maternal name following the step outline in the note column.

Question 5:  rey juan carlos is married to "Reina Sofia

Reina Sofia is the previous Queen of Spain, now known as Queen mother  ( formally Sofia of Denmark and Greece) who is married to Juan Carlos the king of Spain who abdicate his position as a King and was succeeded by their son Felipe VI.

Question 6:  princesa sofía reina sofía letizia ortiz rocasolano is '' Reina de Espana".

Queen Letizia of Spain is the wife of King Felipe VI and the current queen, formally known as Letizia Ortiz Rocasolana

She became queen after the abdication of Juan Carlos.

Question 7: the average family size in spain is ''Smaller'' than the average family size in mexico.

The average household size of Spain is 2.5 people per household while the average of Mexico is 3.8 people per household. Hence, the average household size in Spain is smaller than the average household in Mexico. This difference might be due to the following reasons: Fertility rate, death rate, standard of living, education, social norms e.t.c