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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Puerto Rican en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɔː-/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌpwɛə(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/ (UK)
- /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/ (US)
- /ˌpwɜː(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/ (UK)
Etymology
From Puerto Rico + -an.
Meanings
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Of, from or relating to Puerto Rico or its people.
Forms
Deriveds
Puerto Rican time · Puerto Rican infant hypotonia syndrome · Nuyorican · Neorican · Puerto Rican spindalis · Puerto Rican syndrome · Puerto Rican Virgin Islands · Puerto Rican tanager · Puerto Ricanness
Synonyms
boricua
Translations (29)
da puertorikansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · pl portorykański (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · tl Puwertorikenyo (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · sv puertoricansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ast portorriqueñu (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрто-рика́нский (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ca porto-riqueny (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · nb puertorikansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · cs portorický (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · pt porto-riquenho (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · pt porto-riquense (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · fr portoricain (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ja プエルトリコの (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · es puertorriqueño (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · gl portorriqueño (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрторика́нский (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · it portoricano (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · cmn 波多黎各的 (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · fi puertoricolainen (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · uk пуерторика́нський (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · nn puertoricansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · de puerto-ricanisch (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · nn puertorikansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · nb puertoricansk (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · it puertoricano (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · haw Pokoliko (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ro portorican (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ast portorricanu (pertaining to Puerto Rico) · ko 푸에르토리코의 (pertaining to Puerto Rico)
Puerto Rican en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɔː-/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌpwɛə(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/ (UK)
- /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/ (US)
- /ˌpwɜː(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/ (UK)
Etymology
From Puerto Rico + -an.
Meanings
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A person from Puerto Rico.
Today many of our newcomers are from Mexico and Puerto Rico. We sometimes forget that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth and therefore cannot be considered immigrants. Nonetheless, they often receive the same discriminatory treatment and opprobrium that were faced by other waves of newcomers. The same things are said today of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans that were once said of Irish, Italians, Germans and Jews: “They’ll never adjust; they can’t learn the language; they won’t be absorbed.”
1964, John F. Kennedy, “Waves of Immigration-the Post-Revolutionary Forces”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:
Forms
Hypernyms
American
Synonyms
Boricua
Translations (50)
uk пуерторика́нка (person from Puerto Rico) · de Puerto-Ricaner (person from Puerto Rico) · ko 푸에르토리코 사람 (person from Puerto Rico) · fr Portoricain (person from Puerto Rico) · es boricua (person from Puerto Rico) · th ชาวปวยร์โตรีโก (person from Puerto Rico) · haw Pokoliko (person from Puerto Rico) · uk пуерторика́нець (person from Puerto Rico) · nn puertoricanar (person from Puerto Rico) · cs Portoričan (person from Puerto Rico) · da puertoricaner (person from Puerto Rico) · ast puertorriqueña (person from Puerto Rico) · fr Portoricaine (person from Puerto Rico) · sh Portorikanac (person from Puerto Rico) · sh Portorikanka (person from Puerto Rico) · ro portorican (person from Puerto Rico) · pl Portorykanka (person from Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрто-рика́нка (person from Puerto Rico) · eo portorikanino (person from Puerto Rico) · pt porto-riquenho (person from Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрторика́нка (person from Puerto Rico) · ro portoricană (person from Puerto Rico) · eo portorikano (person from Puerto Rico) · nb puertorikaner (person from Puerto Rico) · ast puertorriqueñu (person from Puerto Rico) · fi puertoricolainen (person from Puerto Rico) · ast portorricana (person from Puerto Rico) · pl Portorykańczyk (person from Puerto Rico) · tl Puwertorikenyo (person from Puerto Rico) · sv puertorican (person from Puerto Rico) · it portoricana (person from Puerto Rico) · es puertorriqueño (person from Puerto Rico) · ca porto-riqueny (person from Puerto Rico) · es puertorriqueña (person from Puerto Rico) · tr Porto Rikolu (person from Puerto Rico) · nn puertorikanar (person from Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрторика́нец (person from Puerto Rico) · ko 푸에르토리코인 (person from Puerto Rico) · ja プエルトリコ人 (person from Puerto Rico) · pt porto-riquense (person from Puerto Rico) · ast portorricanu (person from Puerto Rico) · cmn 波多黎各人 (person from Puerto Rico) · nn puertorican (person from Puerto Rico) · de Puerto-Ricanerin (person from Puerto Rico) · ru пуэрто-рика́нец (person from Puerto Rico) · it portoricano (person from Puerto Rico) · nb puertoricaner (person from Puerto Rico) · ca porto-riquenya (person from Puerto Rico) · nn puertorikan (person from Puerto Rico) · gl portorriqueño (person from Puerto Rico)