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Spanish
Etymology
From puerto + -eño and Puerto + -eño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈteɲo/
- 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
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