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To be the first Puerto Rican to win a world title in four divisions would be an achievement. Gomez, Benitez, there have been a lot of good fighters from Puerto Rico before me. When I started boxing, Tito Trinidad was our big star.
Miguel Cotto

Meaning of "Puerto Rican" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUERTO RICAN

Puerto Rican  [ˈpwɜːtəʊ ˈriːkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUERTO RICAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puerto Rican can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUERTO RICAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Puerto Rican

Puerto Rican may refer to: ▪ Things relating to Puerto Rico, an archipelago located in the Caribbean ▪ Puerto Rican people – a person who was born in Puerto Rico ▪ Stateside Puerto Ricans – citizens of Puerto Rican national origin inhabiting the United States ▪ Puerto Rican cuisine ▪ Culture of Puerto Rico ▪ Puerto Rican Spanish ▪ Puerto Rican literature ▪ Music of Puerto Rico...

Definition of Puerto Rican in the English dictionary

The definition of Puerto Rican in the dictionary is of or relating to Puerto Rico or its inhabitants. Other definition of Puerto Rican is a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUERTO RICAN


Aachen
ˈɑːkən
archdeacon
ˈɑːtʃˈdiːkən
barken
ˈbɑːkən
beacon
ˈbiːkən
darken
ˈdɑːkən
deacon
ˈdiːkən
Interlaken
ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən
kraken
ˈkrɑːkən
Lucan
ˈluːkən
Mahican
məˈhiːkən
Martinican
ˌmɑːtɪˈniːkən
meeken
ˈmiːkən
mohican
məʊˈhiːkən
Mozambican
ˌməʊzəmˈbiːkən
sleeken
ˈsliːkən
starken
ˈstɑːkən
subdeacon
ˌsʌbˈdiːkən
Tanganyikan
ˌtæŋɡəˈnjiːkən
toucan
ˈtuːkən
weaken
ˈwiːkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUERTO RICAN

Pudsey
pudsy
pudu
Puducherry
Puebla
Puebla de Zaragoza
pueblo
puer
puerile
puerilely
puerilism
puerility
puerpera
puerperal
puerperal fever
puerperal psychosis
puerperally
puerperium
Puerto Rico
Pufendorf

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUERTO RICAN

African
African-American
all-American
American
Anglican
Costa Rican
Dominican
indican
Jamaican
Latin American
Mexican
Native American
North American
pelican
Porto Rican
publican
republican
South African
South American
Vatican

Synonyms and antonyms of Puerto Rican in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Puerto Rican» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUERTO RICAN

Find out the translation of Puerto Rican to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Puerto Rican from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Puerto Rican» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波多黎各
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Puerto Rico
570 millions of speakers

English

Puerto Rican
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्योर्टो रिको
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بورتوريكو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пуэрто-Рико
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Puerto Rican
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুয়ের্তো রিকন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

portoricain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puerto Rico
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Puerto Rico
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プエルトリコ人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

푸에르토 리코
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puerto Rican
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Puerto Rico
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்டோ ரிக்கான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्यर्टो रिकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Porto Riko
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portoricano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Puerto Rico
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пуерто - Ріко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Puerto Rico
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πουέρτο Ρίκο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Puerto Rikaanse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Puerto Rican
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Puerto Rican
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Puerto Rican

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUERTO RICAN»

The term «Puerto Rican» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.289 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUERTO RICAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Puerto Rican» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Puerto Rican» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Puerto Rican

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10 QUOTES WITH «PUERTO RICAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Puerto Rican.
1
Kirk Acevedo
I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the 'hard work = payoff' equation in sports. I run marathons and I box. And that's my Puerto Rican flag hanging in Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing gym. I gave it to him. My last N.Y.C. marathon time I ran in three hours flat.
2
Roberto Alomar
My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.
3
Lemon Andersen
I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York City, and I stood out amongst my friends in my community. I was very blond-haired, white, and 'Lemonhead' was the name that they gave me.
4
Marc Anthony
I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it.
5
Marc Anthony
Being Puerto Rican, born and raised on the streets of New York, you go, 'Wow, you're still friends with your ex, man? Really? That's weird.' I don't play that.
6
Essence Atkins
I like to make Arroz con Gandules, rice with pigeon peas. My husband loves it. It's a Puerto Rican dish my mother taught me.
7
H. Rap Brown
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.
8
Miguel Cotto
Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.
9
Miguel Cotto
To be the first Puerto Rican to win a world title in four divisions would be an achievement. Gomez, Benitez, there have been a lot of good fighters from Puerto Rico before me. When I started boxing, Tito Trinidad was our big star.
10
Grey Damon
I've actually been asked once or twice if I had some Puerto Rican in me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUERTO RICAN»

Discover the use of Puerto Rican in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Puerto Rican and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
In this first volume of her much-praised, bestselling trilogy, Santiago brilliantly recreates the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years and her tremendous journey from the barrio to Brooklyn, from translating ...
Esmeralda Santiago, 2006
2
The Puerto Rican Syndrome
This work examines the so-called Puerto Rican Syndrome and its social and cultural implications for the growing Hispanic population in the US.
Patricia Gherovici, 2003
3
Puerto Rican Citizen: History and Political Identity in ...
In Puerto Rican Citizen, Lorrin Thomas for the first time unravels the many tensions—historical, racial, political, and economic—that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Building its ...
Lorrin Thomas, 2010
4
The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives
Histories of the Puerto Rican experience.
Carmen Whalen, Víctor Vázquez-Hernández, 2008
5
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology
Long ignored by Anglo literature studies, here are more than fifty selections of poetry, fiction, plays, essays, monologues, screenplays, and speeches from some of the most vibrant and original voices in Puerto Rican literature. * Jack ...
Roberto Santiago, 2009
6
Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers
Puerto Rican writers, living in the United States and writing in English, speak directly about their lives and their literary tradition in this provocative book of interviews.
Carmen Dolores Hernández, 1997
7
Contemporary Puerto Rican Installation Art: The Guagua ...
This text provides an overview of the installation pieces of such groundbreaking artists as: Rafael Ferrer, Papo Calo, Pepon Osorio, Antonio Martorell, Charles Jushasz, Arnaldo Morales, among others."
Laura Roulet, 2000
8
Puerto Rican Jam: Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism
Challenges the framing of Puerto Rican cultural politics as a dichotomy between nationalism and colonialism. Discussions of Puerto Rican cultural politics usually fall into one of two categories, nationalist or colonialist.
Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Ramón Grosfoguel, 1997
9
The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora
This volume is the first significant look at the organizations of the Puerto Rican movement, which emerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a response to U.S. colonialism on the island and to the poverty and discrimination faced by most ...
Andrés Torres, José Emiliano Velázquez, 1998
10
Puerto Rican Women's History: New Perspectives
A broad survey of topics on gender and the history of Puerto Rican women, both on the island and in the diaspora.
Felix V. Matos-Rodriguez, Linda C. Delgado, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUERTO RICAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Puerto Rican is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Senate Is Finally Trying to Help Puerto Rico With Its Crazy Debt …
Puerto Rican public teachers protest outside the Senate Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2013 as the Senate discussed reduced pensions for teachers. «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
2
Puerto Rican debt crisis hits Congress
A looming debt crisis in Puerto Rico is setting off a fresh fight in Congress, where lawmakers are debating a statutory fix that could allow the island territory to ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
Puerto Rican Day Parade marches through Manhattan; Rita Moreno …
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Fifth Avenue Sunday for the Puerto Rican ... The cardinal then did a little dance with Puerto Rican-born entertainer Rita ... «WABC-TV, Jun 15»
4
Tropical Storm Gonzalo gains strength, aims at Puerto Rico
Stripling said the latest forecast puts it on track to take a northwesterly turn, passing over the Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra. «Fox News, Oct 14»
5
With GAO report, momentum builds for Puerto Rican statehood
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report about the fiscal impact of Puerto Rico statehood on the federal government. The report ... «The Hill, Apr 14»
6
How Danny Garcia Plans to Become the Next Puerto Rican Boxing …
He will defend his WBA/WBC Junior Welterweight Championships against Mauricio Herrera at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, which ... «Bleacher Report, Mar 14»
7
Dominican Republic to face Puerto Rico in WBC final
We know what this means for the Puerto Rican people beyond the sports aspect and we're accomplishing that. You can feel that. The boys feel that, as a team, ... «USA TODAY, Mar 13»
8
Why the Murder of 'Macho' Camacho Underscores the Case for …
Puerto Rican boxing legend Hector “Macho” Camacho died on Saturday after his family decided to take him off life support. Camacho — the onetime world ... «TIME, Nov 12»
9
Puerto Ricans favor statehood for first time
In an overshadowed Election Day contest, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood in a nonbinding referendum, marking the first time such an initiative ... «CNN, Nov 12»
10
Where the Candidates Stand on Puerto Rican Statehood
The divisive issue of Puerto Rican statehood takes center stage this week as the GOP candidates focus their attention on the U.S. territory's 23 delegate spots ... «Fox News, Mar 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Puerto Rican [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/puerto-rican>. May 2024 ».
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