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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. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; ... List of Puerto Rican slang words and ...
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 ...
loca (lit.: "crazy woman")—used in Puerto Rico and Cuba (where "loquita" and "loquísima" are commonly used as well). Although normally derogatory, this term is also used as a culturally appropriated term of endearment among male and female homosexuals.
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.
Puerto Rican Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as characteristically spoken in Puerto Rico and by millions of people of Puerto Rican descent living in the United States and elsewhere. [2] It belongs to the group of Caribbean Spanish variants and, as such, is largely derived from Canarian Spanish and Andalusian Spanish.
Mexican slang (12 P) Pages in category "Spanish slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases; R.
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!).