What visitors should know
Comprehension comes before imitation. Boricua identity includes many diaspora communities, English contact does not make Puerto Rican Spanish defective, and a popular expression cannot reliably identify someone's politics, race, neighborhood, age, or relationship to the music industry.
Reviewed words and expressions
boricua
Boricua means Puerto Rican and is widely used as an identity term for people and culture connected with Puerto Rico, including many members of the Puerto Rican diaspora.
Puerto Ricobregar
In Puerto Rican Spanish, bregar commonly means to deal with, work on, try to do, or help with something; the exact English translation depends heavily on the object and situation.
Puerto Ricochinchorreo
In Puerto Rico, chinchorreo is the social practice of traveling from one chinchorro, kiosk, roadside restaurant, or casual food-and-drink stop to another, usually sharing fritters, local dishes, drinks, music, and conversation along the route.
Puerto Ricochinchorro
In Puerto Rico, a chinchorro can mean a modest roadside establishment where people stop for food and drinks; the word is strongly associated with informal local eating, drinking, music, and road-trip culture.
Puerto Ricocorillo
In Puerto Rican Spanish, corillo means a group of friends or one's crew—the people someone regularly socializes, goes out, or spends time with.
Puerto Ricoguagua
In Puerto Rico, guagua can mean a bus and can also refer more broadly to a large passenger vehicle; compounds such as guagua pública name forms of public transport.
Puerto Ricojanguear
In Puerto Rican Spanish, janguear means to go out, hang out, or spend leisure time socializing, especially with friends.
Puerto Ricopichear
In Puerto Rican slang, pichear means to ignore someone or something, pay it no attention, or dismiss a matter; the imperative pichea can mean roughly 'never mind it' or 'forget about it'.
Puerto Ricopisicorre
In Puerto Rico, a pisicorre is a van or similar vehicle adapted for public passenger transport, especially traditional fixed or semi-fixed routes connecting towns, neighborhoods, terminals, and urban destinations; the word can also refer to the service itself.
Puerto Ricozafacón
In Puerto Rico, zafacón means a trash can, garbage bin, or waste container.
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