No. 13,077 in Spanish
porteña
A female native or resident of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In a sentence
Ella es una mujer porteña que ama las calles de Buenos Aires.
She is a porteño woman who loves the streets of Buenos Aires.
In this sentence, 'porteña' describes someone from Buenos Aires.
La cultura porteña tiene influencias europeas muy marcadas.
The porteño culture has very marked European influences.
Here, 'porteña' is used to specify the culture originating from Buenos Aires.
El tango es una expresión artística muy porteña.
The tango is a very porteño artistic expression.
In this case, 'porteña' characterizes tango as being associated with Buenos Aires.
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