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Terms of endearment; mami when referring to a cute woman, papi when referring to a handsome man, or to address a lover [22] [23] nene, nena Boy/girl [3] In standard Spanish it means "baby". panna, pana Friend / Buddy [24]: 57 ("pana" is also a name for breadfruit in Puerto Rico) [25]: 45 From partner. pasárselas con la cuchara ancha
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A term ubiquitously used in old times to avoid the strong word "maricón". It was the official word used by the regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in Spain, and sometimes still used in Cuba. joto (see below) loca (lit.: "crazy woman")—used in Puerto Rico and Cuba (where "loquita" and "loquísima" are commonly used as well). Although ...
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.
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Isabel Molina-Guzman, a professor in Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the term wasn’t always necessarily directly about skin ...
Ruth Fernández (born Ruth Noemí Fernández Cortada; [note 1] 23 May 1919 – 9 January 2012) was a Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate.According to the "Comisiones Nacionales para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario" (National Commission for the Celebration of the Fifth Centennial), she is said to be one of three artists whose contributions have helped unite ...
This includes people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America and Brazil, but excludes people from Spain. The census uses two separate questions : one for Hispanic or Latino ...
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