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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]
List of Puerto Rican phrases, words and slangs. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Redirect page. Redirect to: List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases;
People in Puerto Rico love creating new slang so much that getting colloquialisms into the Diccionario Real de la Academia Espa–ola, or the Royal Spanish Academy's Dictionary, is practically a ...
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Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases
According to our list of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases chillo can also mean lover. (unreferenced in out list, but I did find it in one book on Puerto Rican Spanish where it is given as "extramarital lover", and chilla signifying mistress). ---Sluzzelin talk 12:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
In Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico, "Concha" is a common name for females (corruption of Concepción). Also in Puerto Rico there is a popular hotel called La Concha Resort (The Seashell). Key West, Florida also has a famous hotel named La Concha. Concha can also mean a seashell-a conch.
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!).