Meaning
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.
How it is used
ASALE records corillo in Puerto Rico for a group of lively young people. Current Puerto Rican tourism material glosses it more broadly as one's crew or people, especially the group that goes together to concerts, parties, and late-night food stops.
Examples
- “Llegué a la fiesta con mi corillo.”
- “El corillo se reúne los viernes después del trabajo.”
Pronunciation
/koˈriʝo/ · koh-REE-yoh
Tone and register
Usually friendly and affiliative when referring to one's own group. Tone can shift if an outsider labels a group dismissively, so the social relationship still matters.
Visitor guidance
Visitors can read corillo as crew or friend group, but should not infer gang membership, criminality, neighborhood, ethnicity, or age from the word alone.
Cultural context
Corillo is common in everyday social vocabulary and highly visible through Puerto Rican popular music. Its meaning is broader than a music-scene label: at core it names social belonging and a recurring group of companions.
Places represented
Open the reviewed place guide for each regional sense carried by this canonical entry.