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Argentinean

Argentinean

2 3.2
A person from Argentina or whose family comes from there
  • noun
  • /ˌɑrdʒənˈtinən/
translation icon : argentino
  • As an Argentinean, Maria took pride in her country's traditional tango dancing.

Examples

  • How an American can speak like a Spaniard and dance like an Argentinean.

    Love and Other Disasters (2006)

  • One of these days somebody's gonna work out he's Argentinean.

    Red Lights (2012)

  • Argentineans are not Mexicans, and the Hmong experience is not that of the Japanese.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Carlos is an Argentinean who loves to share stories about his hometown in Buenos Aires.

  • During the festival, many Argentineans gathered to celebrate their rich cultural heritage.

Synonyms

Argentinian
vsArgentinean
3 3.0

A person who comes from Argentina

covers people whose family comes from Argentina, not only current residents

Surface Forms

Argentinean singular
Argentineans plural

Morphology

Argentinean = Argentine (transparent) = Argentine + an

Formed by adding a common demonym-forming suffix to the familiar base 'Argentine', so the person-denoting meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Argentinean comes from Argentina, which comes from the Latin word argentum meaning 'silver'. Because the country was named for a shiny river, an Argentinean is 'from the land of silver', so the word means a person from Argentina.