Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buenos aires

/ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: Bue-nos Ai-res
IPA: /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Argentina.

name

The capital city of Argentina.

name

The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region. Capital: La Plata.

Example Sentences

"Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: buen ayre, bonaria

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/
British English: /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛə.ɹiːz/

Inflected Forms

Buenos Ayres (alternative, archaic)

Phrases

Little Buenos Aires

Questions

How do you pronounce buenos aires?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/.
What does buenos aires mean?: The capital city of Argentina.
Where does buenos aires come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately derived from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or derived from Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

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