porteño
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- noun
- /pɔrˈteɪnjoʊ/
- The porteños enjoy long nights filled with tango music and lively conversation.
- porteños as residents
Examples
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Many porteños pride themselves on their unique cultural heritage and artistic achievements.
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Operators in the porteño financial district joyously welcomed the beginning of the "Argentine miracle."
Academic text (1991) -
Since Argentine radio stations were mostly concentrated in Buenos Aires, the effects on porteño radio stations were devastating.
Academic text (1995) -
While their class origins varied, they were connected by their experiences as students and young professionals, which had given them a direct lens through which to examine the contradictions of porteño bourgeois society.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet all pro-Rosas factions, regardless of their racial views, presented a positive image of the porteño governor by describing him as a man of the people: in rural areas, the gaucho, and in urban areas, la plebe, the people, the masses.
Academic text (1995) -
During the festival, porteños gather in the streets to celebrate their vibrant traditions.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Porteño comes from the Spanish word puerto, meaning 'port', like English port, because Buenos Aires began as a port. So a porteño is literally someone 'from the port', meaning a person from Buenos Aires.