Porteño
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Porteño is the Spanish demonym for those born in the Argentine city of Buenos Aires or in Chile, in the port of Valparaíso. Its feminine form is Porteña.
It is not to be confused with the word portuario, which means "of the port", that is used for things of any given port.
Translated, porteño means "people of the port".
[edit] See also
- Rioplatense Spanish
- Lunfardo (Buenos Aires' Porteño's slang)
- Porteños
