Porteñaadj.n.

Brit.

/pɔːˈtɛnjə/, U.S.

/pɔrˈtɛnjə/

Forms: 1900s– Porteña, 1900s– Portena. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish porteña.

Etymology: Partly < American Spanish porteña, feminine of porteño Porteño adj., and partly < American Spanish porteña (noun), feminine form corresponding to porteño Porteño n.

A. adj.

Designating a female native or inhabitant of Buenos Aires. Cf. Porteño adj.

ΚΠ

1884 R. G. Watson Spanish & Portuguese S. Amer. II. xviii. 274 The colonial society opened its salons to the English officers, and the Porteña beauties were not displeased to number them amongst their admirers.

1973 N. Scott Kinzer in A. Pescatello Female & Male in Lat. Amer. ii. 161 The lives of the one hundred twenty-five porteña professional women in masculine and neuter professions revealed in this paper represent only a minute proportion of the total Argentine labor force.

1997 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 17 July 10 Here groups of elderly Portena women..are just about as visible as the under-25 set.

B. n.

A female native or inhabitant of Buenos Aires; (also occasionally) a member of the Argentinian ruling class. Cf. Porteño n.

ΚΠ

1942 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 3 Sept. 4/4 Argentina's great and besetting political problem is the conflict between Buenos Aires and the portenas on the one side, and the rest of Argentina and the criollos on the other. The portenas are the rich landowners and industrialists who own the country.

1950 Americas 15 51 Porteñas were passionately fond of music and dancing.

1988 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 18 Sept. 14 The average ‘portena’ (Buenos Aires woman resident) generally opts for a fairly modest volume when acquiring such new charms.

2005 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Travel section) This time around, I didn't see so much of the flashy gold jewelry that once adorned the lean physiques of the Porteñas.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	porteña
释义	Porteñaadj.n. Brit. /pɔːˈtɛnjə/, U.S. /pɔrˈtɛnjə/ Forms: 1900s– Porteña, 1900s– Portena. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish porteña. Etymology: Partly < American Spanish porteña, feminine of porteño Porteño adj., and partly < American Spanish porteña (noun), feminine form corresponding to porteño Porteño n. A. adj. Designating a female native or inhabitant of Buenos Aires. Cf. Porteño adj. ΚΠ 1884 R. G. Watson Spanish & Portuguese S. Amer. II. xviii. 274 The colonial society opened its salons to the English officers, and the Porteña beauties were not displeased to number them amongst their admirers. 1973 N. Scott Kinzer in A. Pescatello Female & Male in Lat. Amer. ii. 161 The lives of the one hundred twenty-five porteña professional women in masculine and neuter professions revealed in this paper represent only a minute proportion of the total Argentine labor force. 1997 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 17 July 10 Here groups of elderly Portena women..are just about as visible as the under-25 set. B. n. A female native or inhabitant of Buenos Aires; (also occasionally) a member of the Argentinian ruling class. Cf. Porteño n. ΚΠ 1942 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 3 Sept. 4/4 Argentina's great and besetting political problem is the conflict between Buenos Aires and the portenas on the one side, and the rest of Argentina and the criollos on the other. The portenas are the rich landowners and industrialists who own the country. 1950 Americas 15 51 Porteñas were passionately fond of music and dancing. 1988 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 18 Sept. 14 The average ‘portena’ (Buenos Aires woman resident) generally opts for a fairly modest volume when acquiring such new charms. 2005 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Travel section) This time around, I didn't see so much of the flashy gold jewelry that once adorned the lean physiques of the Porteñas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1884
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