# Buenos Aires
## English
### Alternative forms

* Buenos Ayres (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after an epithet 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: /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹɪs/, /ˌbwɛn-/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌbweɪnəs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /-nɒs/, /ˌbwɛn-/, /-ɹiːz/, /-ɹɪz/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹ-/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires
* The capital city of Argentina.
* The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region. Capital city: La Plata.

#### Derived terms

* Little Buenos Aires

#### 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
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Unclear the vowel quality in 'Buenos'”

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Buenos Aires
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [buɛnos ajrɛs]

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (indeclinable, relational adjective buenosaireský)
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

### Further reading

* “Buenos Aires”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Buenos Aires
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

## French
### Alternative forms

* (dated) Buenos-Ayres

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

## German
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (proper noun, genitive Buenos Aires' or (with an article) Buenos Aires)
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

#### Declension

$^1$With an article.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbwɛ.nɔs ˈaj.rɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (indeclinable)
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* 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: /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis]
* (Brazil) IPA: /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /buˈɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [bʊˈɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbwɛ.nuz ˈaj.ɾɨʃ/

### Proper noun

Buenos Aires
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

## Slovak
### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n
* 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbwenos ˈaiɾes/ [ˌbwe.nos ˈai̯.ɾes]
* Syllabification: Bue‧nos Ai‧res

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* bonaerense

### Further reading

* “Buenos Aires”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)
* Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
* Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)