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/Sounds like "pohr" (as in "port") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "nyoh" (as in "onion")/

Meaning

A person from Buenos Aires, the port city. Porteños have a reputation for being sophisticated, Eurocentric, and a bit self-centered. To the rest of Argentina, the porteño thinks Buenos Aires is the only city that matters.

Examples

People from Buenos Aires always talk about their city as if it's the only one in existence.

I'm from Buenos Aires, Palermo, can you tell?

Word family
Regional synonyms

A strong, unpleasant smell, especially body odor or the stench of sweat and fermentation. In Mexico and Central America, tufo is a blunt way to say something or someone stinks. It is also used figuratively for a smug or arrogant attitude in someone who suddenly thinks they are better than everyone else.