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

• porteñismo

Further reading

• “porteño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Definición de Porteño