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Cholo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of castas, the informal ranking of society by heritage.
In some countries, chulo can be used as an adjective somewhat equivalent to "cool" (Ese hombre es un chulo = "That man is a pimp" versus Ese libro es chulo = "That book is cool"). The word chula is a completely benign reference to an adorable female or feminine object, as in "¡Ay, que chula!". In Chile, however, "chulo" and "chula" always mean ...
It first emerged in the early 17th century as a term used by Spanish colonizers. "The children of these they call cholos. Cholo is a word from the Windward Islands; it means dog, not of the purebred variety, but of very disreputable origin; and the Spaniards use it for insult and vituperation."
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.
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]
This includes people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America and Brazil, but excludes people from Spain. The census uses two separate questions : one for Hispanic or Latino ...
Definitely this list does not show the diversity of Puerto Rican Spanish. Delete it. --alfanje 01:44, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC) Keep. Being Puerto Rican I find the list worthy of keeping, many of these sayings either I hear all the time, I've heard and have not heard in a long time or have never heard at all (ej. Se lucio el chayote!).
"Perreo," the name of the dance performed to the rhythm of the widely popular Latin urban genre reggaeton, which has deep roots in Puerto Rico, is officially a Spanish word.