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)

native to or inhabiting a port town
(Spain) native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María
(Argentina) native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires
(Chile) native to or inhabiting Valparaíso

Noun

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

(Spain) native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María
(Argentina) a person native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires
(Chile) Someone from Valparaíso

Usage notes

bonaerense is not synonymous with porteño
portuense is also for El Puerto de Santa María.

Further reading

“porteño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Definición de Porteño

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