regionales

Regionales is the plural form of the Spanish adjective regional, used to describe something that relates to a particular region or to a subdivision within a larger country or territory. The term frequently appears in contexts that distinguish regional from national or local levels, including politics, administration, culture, and economy. It is also used to discuss regional diversity in language, cuisine, and customs.

As an adjective, regionales agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (for example, divisiones regionales, políticas regionales, identidades regionales). It derives from región (region) with the suffix -al, reflecting its meaning of belonging to or characteristic of a region. In many constructions it forms phrases that specify scope, such as regional development programs or regional laws. When used as a noun, regionales is less common and tends to appear in fixed expressions or in plural form to refer to regional-level entities or groups, such as los regionales in certain contexts.

In practice, regionales covers a wide range of uses. In politics, it commonly appears in phrases like elecciones regionales or gobiernos regionales. In culture and society, it describes regional dialects, regional cuisines, or regional identities. The term helps distinguish actions, policies, or features that are defined by geographic subdivisions from those that are national or local in scope.

See also: regionalism, regional policy, regional dialectology, regional literature, regional media.