norteño

See also: Norteño

English

Etymology

From Spanish norteño.

Noun

norteño (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
   • 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

Etymology

From norte +‎ -eño. Compare Portuguese nortenho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noɾˈteɲo/ [noɾˈt̪e.ɲo]

Adjective

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

1. northern

   Antonym: sureño

Noun

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

1. northerner

   Antonym: sureño

Descendants

• → English: norteño

Further reading

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