porteño

See also: Porteño

Spanish

Etymology

From puerto +‎ -eño and Puerto +‎ -eño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾˈteɲo/ [poɾˈt̪e.ɲo]
  • Rhymes: -eɲo
  • Syllabification: por‧te‧ño

Adjective

porteño (feminine porteña, masculine plural porteños, feminine plural porteñas)

  1. native to or inhabiting a port town
  2. (Spain) native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María
    Synonym: portuense
  3. (Argentina) native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires
    Coordinate term: bonaerense
  4. (Chile) native to or inhabiting Valparaíso

Noun

porteño m (plural porteños, feminine porteña, feminine plural porteñas)

  1. (Spain) native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María
    Synonym: portuense
  2. (Argentina) Porteño, a person native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires
    Coordinate term: bonaerense
  3. (Chile) someone from Valparaíso

Usage notes

  • Not synonymous with bonaerense (“of the Province of Buenos Aires”)

Derived terms

Further reading

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