norteño

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See also: Norteño

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish norteño (Northern [Mexico]).

Noun[edit]

norteño (uncountable)

  1. (music) A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
    Coordinate term: Tejano
    • 2000, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, James McConnachie, Orla Duane, World Music: The Rough Guide. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 470:
      At a party in an isolated mountain community in central Mexico, the host may well take out his accordion and play norteño corridos until the dawn breaks.
    • 2010 April 17, Ayala Ben-Yehuda, “Field of Dreams: Vive Grupero Festival Snares Regional Mexican Artists For Free”, in Billboard, volume 122, number 15, page 8:
      The two-stage festival's lineup reads like a who's who of norteño, duranguense and banda sinaloense acts, including Los Tigres del Norte, Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and K-Paz de la Sierra.

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From norte +‎ -eño. Compare Portuguese nortenho.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /noɾˈteɲo/ [noɾˈt̪e.ɲo]
  • Rhymes: -eɲo
  • Syllabification: nor‧te‧ño

Adjective[edit]

norteño (feminine norteña, masculine plural norteños, feminine plural norteñas)

  1. northern
    Antonym: sureño

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Noun[edit]

norteño m (plural norteños, feminine norteña, feminine plural norteñas)

  1. northerner
    Antonym: sureño

Descendants[edit]

  • English: norteño, Norteño

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