Buenos Aires

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after a title of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹɪs/, /ˌbwɛn-/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbweɪnəs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /-nɒs/, /ˌbwɛn-/, /-ɹiːz/, /-ɹɪz/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹ-/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

  1. The capital city of Argentina.
  2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  • John Nourse (Londres) (1764). Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea: Containing a Demonstration of the Fundamental Principles of this Art Together with All the Practical Rules of Computing a Ship's Way Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middel Latitude Founded Upon the Foregoing Principles with Many Other Useful Things Hereto Belonging to which are Added Several Necessary Tables.

Catalan

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [buɛnos ajrɛs]

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (indeclinable, related adjective buenosaireský)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbweː.nɔs ˌaːi̯.rəs/, /ˌbwɛ-/, /-reːs/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɥe.nɔ.z‿ɛʁ/
  • (proscribed) IPA(key): /bwe.no.z‿ɛʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯rəs/, [buˌɛ-], [ˌbʋɛ-], [-ʁəs]
  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔnɔs-/ (simplified; somewhat common)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbu̯eːnɔs-/ (rare)
    • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (proper noun, genitive Buenos Aires' or (with an article) Buenos Aires)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Declension
Declension of Buenos Aires [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Buenos Aires
genitive des Buenos Aires', Buenos Aires1
dative dem Buenos Aires
accusative das Buenos Aires

1With an article.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbwɛ.nɔs ˈaj.rɛs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajrɛs

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (indeclinable)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Further reading
  • Buenos Aires in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Buenos Aires in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [bʊˈɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbwɛ.nuz ˈaj.ɾɨʃ/

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Slovak

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina)

References
  • “Buenos Aires”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbwenos ˈaiɾes/ [ˌbwe.nos ˈai̯.ɾes]
  • Syllabification: Bue‧nos Ai‧res

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
    Synonym: Bs. As.
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)
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