norteño
See also: Norteño
English
Etymology
Noun
norteño (uncountable)
- (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.
Spanish
Etymology
From norte + -eño. Compare Portuguese nortenho.
Pronunciation
Adjective
norteño (feminine norteña, masculine plural norteños, feminine plural norteñas)
Noun
norteño m (plural norteños, feminine norteña, feminine plural norteñas)
- northerner
- Antonym: sureño
Descendants
- → English: norteño
Further reading
- “norteño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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