| 释义 |
‖ Porteño|porˈteɲo|
Also porteño. Fem. Porteña.
[Sp.]
A native or inhabitant of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and (until 1884) of the province of Buenos Aires. Also attrib. or as adj.
1884R. G. Watson Spanish & Portuguese S. Amer. II. xviii. 274 The great majority of the people of Buenos Ayres were not..passive spectators... The colonial society opened its salons to the English officers, and the Porteña beauties were not displeased to number them amongst their admirers. 1904C. E. Akers Hist. S. Amer. ii. 37 The provincial representatives, whilst entertaining most vindictive feelings towards Rosas, had no real sympathy with the Porteños. Ibid. 39 He was to check porteño influence that the majority of the provinces joined hands against Mitre. 1910Encycl. Brit. II. 472/1 The national army..assaulted the porteños posted before Buenos Aires. 1959Chambers's Encycl. I. 580/2 The relatively wealthy and cultivated oligarchy of merchants and professional men, the porteños, who dominated Buenos Aires (which then meant both the present city and the present province of that name). Ibid. 581/2 Rosas was by birth a member of the porteño oligarchy. Ibid. 582/1 The porteño army under Bartolomé Mitre..was defeated and Buenos Aires was incorporated in the Confederation in 1859. 1973G. M. D. Howat Dict. World Hist. 1212/1 Porteño municipal loyalty was clearly manifested in 1806–7, when..local leaders organized the defeat of the British expeditions. Ibid., Porteños demanded free trade and free movement of European capital, technology, immigrants, and ideas. 1978Times 4 Feb. 5/3 Rats..can be spotted worrying refuse bags in the streets... For the Porteños..have waited to the last moment to start installing the [refuse] compactors now required in large buildings. |