norteño

See also: Norteño

English

Etymology

From Spanish norteño (“Northern [Mexico]”).

Noun

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.

Related terms

• norteña
• Norteño

Further reading

• norteño (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

From norte +‎ -eño. Compare Portuguese nortenho.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. northern

   Antonym: sureño

Derived terms

• agateador norteño
• chupasavia norteño
• vizcacha norteña
• zanate norteño

 

Noun

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

1. northerner

   Antonym: sureño

Descendants

• → English: norteño, Norteño

Further reading

• “norteño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014