Spanish people have two surnames. The first one is…
In Spanish, as in the exam Los españoles tienen dos apellidos, el primero es…
- a) obligatoriamente el de la madre. by law, the mother's.
- b) obligatoriamente el del padre. by law, the father's.
- c) puede ser el de la madre o el del padre. either the mother's or the father's. Right answer
Why
Parents can decide together the order of their child's surnames. The father's or the mother's can go first, and that order stays the same for their other children.
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Question 5025 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes. All the questions of task 5.