alteño
Spanish, noun/alˈteɲo/
alteño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of El Alto (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alteño mean in English?
adjective
- 1
someone from El Alto, Bolivia
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of El Alto (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alteño
- alteña feminine
- alteños masculine plural
- alteñas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alteño?
- /alˈteɲo/
- [al̪ˈt̪e.ɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alteño in Spanish?
alteño appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).