Meanings
alternative archaic Buenos Ayres
- The capital city of Argentina.
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.
2024 October 16, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, “Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall”, in CNN- metonymicallyThe Argentinian government.
Origin
- Sardinianbonaria
- Aragonesebuen ayre
- SpanishBuenos Aires
- EnglishBuenos Aires
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.
More words from Spanish, Aragonese, Sardinian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْوِينُس آيْرِس
- بْوِينُس آيْرِس (bwīnus ʔāyris)capital of Argentina
Bengali বুয়েনোস আইরেস
- বুয়েনোস আইরেস (buẏenōs aires)capital of Argentina
Bulgarian Буе́нос А́йрес
- Буе́нос А́йрес (Buénos Ájres)capital of Argentina
Catalan Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Chinese Mandarin 布宜諾斯艾利斯 /布宜诺斯艾利斯
- 布宜諾斯艾利斯 /布宜诺斯艾利斯 (Bùyínuòsī-Àilìsī)capital of Argentina
Czech Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Danish Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Dutch Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Esperanto Bonaero
- Bonaerocapital of Argentina
Finnish Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
French Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
German Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Greek Μπουένος Άιρες
- Μπουένος Άιρες (Bouénos Áires)capital of Argentina
Hebrew בּוּאֶנוֹס אַיְרֶס \ בואנוס איירס
- בּוּאֶנוֹס אַיְרֶס \ בואנוס איירסcapital of Argentina
Hindi ब्यूनस आयर्स
- ब्यूनस आयर्स (byūnas āyars)capital of Argentina
Hungarian Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Italian Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Japanese ブエノスアイレス
- ブエノスアイレス (Buenosuairesu)capital of Argentina
Korean 부에노스 아이레스, 붸노스 애레스
- 부에노스 아이레스 (Buenoseu Aireseu)capital of Argentina
- 붸노스 애레스 (Bwenoseu Aereseu)capital of Argentina
Latin Bonaēropolis
- Bonaēropoliscapital of Argentina
Latvian Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Lithuanian Buenos Airės
- Buenos Airėscapital of Argentina
Persian بوئنوس آیرس
- بوئنوس آیرس (bu'enus âyres)capital of Argentina
Polish Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Portuguese Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Russian Буэ́нос-А́йрес
- Буэ́нос-А́йрес (Buénos-Ájres)capital of Argentina
Spanish Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Swedish Buenos Aires
- Buenos Airescapital of Argentina
Thai บัวโนสไอเรส
- บัวโนสไอเรส (buua-nóos-ai-rées)capital of Argentina
Ukrainian Буе́нос-А́йрес
- Буе́нос-А́йрес (Buénos-Ájres)capital of Argentina
Urdu بیونس آئرس
- بیونس آئرسcapital of Argentina
Vietnamese Lương Phong, Bu-ê-nốt Ai-rết
- Lương Phongcapital of Argentina
- Bu-ê-nốt Ai-rếtcapital of Argentina
Yiddish בוענאָס־אײַרעס
- בוענאָס־אײַרעס (buenos-ayres)capital of Argentina
Cite this entry
Buenos Aires. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buenos%20Aires
“Buenos Aires.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buenos%20Aires. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buenos Aires,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buenos%20Aires.
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