Porteño
Demonym for inhabitants of port city in the Spanish language
title: "Porteño" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spanish-words-and-phrases", "demonyms", "people-from-buenos-aires", "people-from-valparaíso", "people-from-puerto-cortés", "people-from-puntarenas"] description: "Demonym for inhabitants of port city in the Spanish language" topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porteño" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Demonym for inhabitants of port city in the Spanish language ::
::callout[type=note] the Porteño people ::
**** (feminine: Porteña, in Spanish) is mainly used to refer to the residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as El Puerto de Santa María, Spain; Valparaíso, Chile; Mazatlán, Veracruz, Acapulco and Tampico, Mexico; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Puerto Colombia, Colombia; Puerto Suárez in Bolivia; Puerto Cortés, Honduras; Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and Montevideo, Uruguay.
References
References
- Gregory, Vanessa. (November 8, 2009). "Tastes of Newly Fashionable Valparaíso, Chile". [[The New York Times]].
- Gabanski, Pepa. (21 January 2011). "Old Prejudices Die Hard In Chile’s Rival Coastal Cities: Viña and Valparaíso". [[The Santiago Times]].
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