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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]
In the Spanish Empire, a vecino was a person who had a house and home in a town or city and contributed to its expenses, not necessarily living nearby; or a local figure of some worth but not an aristocrat, often the encomendero holding land in the surrounding countryside with a house within a nearby city.
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.
Mojón A term originally meaning a little marker of the name of the street or a particular place in a road, it later went into general use to refer to a turd and thus became a synonym for shit; it is used freely as a substitute. In Cuba, the term "comemojones" is frequently used instead of "comemierda"; "Es un mojón."
Spanish slang (1 C, 12 P) Spanish profanity (34 P) Spanish-language names (3 C, 4 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Getty Images New Orleans, La., is an eclectic melting pot of different cultures. The city's colorful history includes Native Americans, the French and the Spanish. New Orleans, consequently, has a ...
It's a term of nationality, but it's also a language. This is a bit of an easier one because if you are describing someone as being Spanish, they are from, or their ancestry is from, Spain.
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