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This article is a summary of common slang words and phrases used in Puerto Rico.Idiomatic expressions may be difficult to translate fully and may have multiple meanings, so the English translations below may not reflect the full meaning of the expression they intend to translate.
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Corazón de Puerto Rico: Heart of Puerto Rico Orocovis: Centro geográfico de Puerto Rico: Geographic Center of Puerto Rico Patillas: La esmeralda del sur: The Emerald of the South Patillas: Los melones: The Mellons Peñuelas: Valle de los flamboyanes: Valley of Flamboyan Peñuelas: La capital del güiro: Capital of the Güiro: Ponce: Perla del ...
More recently, according to the 2005–2009 Population and Housing Narrative Profile for Puerto Rico, among people at least five years old living in Puerto Rico in 2005–2009, 95 percent spoke a language other than English at home. Of those speaking a language using English at home, 5.5 percent spoke Spanish and more than 99.5 percent spoke ...
Outside of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican accent of Spanish is also commonly heard in the U.S. Virgin Islands and many U.S. mainland cities like Orlando, New York City, Philadelphia, Miami, Tampa, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago, among others. However, not all stateside Puerto Ricans have knowledge of Spanish.
Now I removed all failed references. That is, the ones that are just texts using the slang/phrase in question, instead of supporting/discussing the fact that they are common slang words or phrases used in Puerto Rico. Although, some of the remaining terms are sourced by a link to urbandictionary.com.
The insular legal system is a blend of civil law and the common law systems. Puerto Rico is the only current U.S. jurisdiction whose legal system operates primarily in a language other than American English: namely, Spanish.
Since establishment as an unincorporated territory of the United States in 1898, traditional economics, social structure, nationalism, and culture in Puerto Rico has been affected by Puerto Rico's relationship with the U.S. [10] Before the United States captured Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, the colony was agriculture based.