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While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo Friend, or group of friends. [9] dura Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [3]
Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.
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The majority of Puerto Ricans today do not speak English at home, and Spanish remains the mother tongue of Puerto Ricans. Stateside Puerto Ricans are known to borrow English words or phrases in mid-sentence in a phenomenon called code-switching , sometimes characterized as Spanglish .
When a clip of Plaza’s remarks made its way onto X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday night, one user pointed out that in 2020, the “Parks and Recreation” alum also made a joke about Puerto Rico ...
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...
List of Puerto Rican phrases, words and slangs [ edit ] "Abochornarse" the word does not come, as stated in your page, from "bochorno" making reference to the muslim woman's veil, but the word literally means, in Spanish, to blush. bochorno also means a very hot temperature during the day, thus making anyone's face red from the heat.--