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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.
Bae (/ b eɪ / BAY) is a slang term of endearment, [1] primarily used among youth. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics. [ 2 ] The term originated as an abbreviation of the word baby or babe .
The name fromlostiano comes from the expression From Lost to the River, which is a word-for-word translation of de perdidos al río; an idiom that means that one is prone to choose a particularly risky action in a desperate situation (this is somewhat comparable to the English idiom in for a penny, in for a pound). The humor comes from the fact ...
Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
"Zorra" was written and produced by the members of Nebulossa: Mery Bas and Mark Dasousa. [2] The title of the song, repeated multiple times in the lyrics, literally means "vixen" (i.e. a female fox) but is also connected to vulgar connotations, as it is more often used to mean "bitch" or "slut" in Spanish slang. [3]
Fresa (Spanish: "strawberry") is a slang term in Mexico and some parts of Latin America to describe a cultural stereotype of a wealthy, superficial young person from an educated, upper-class family. [1] The word was originally used by teenagers and young adults but its use has spread to all age groups.
In 2019, Taylor Swift released the upbeat pop song “London Boy.” Five years later, she’s saying “so long” to the city with her new song “So Long London.”
According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: . Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination of a few basic influences: Hispanicized English; Anglicized Spanish; and the use of archaic 15th-century Spanish words such as truje for traje (brought, past tense of verb 'to bring'), or haiga, for haya (from haber, to have).