puertorriqueño

Spanish

Etymology

From Puerto Rico +‎ -eño.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pweɾtoriˈkeɲo/ [pweɾ.t̪o.riˈke.ɲo]
Rhymes: -eɲo
Syllabification: puer‧to‧rri‧que‧ño

Adjective

puertorriqueño (feminine puertorriqueña, masculine plural puertorriqueños, feminine plural puertorriqueñas)

Puerto Rican (of, from or relating to Puerto Rico)

Noun

puertorriqueño m (plural puertorriqueños, feminine puertorriqueña, feminine plural puertorriqueñas)

Puerto Rican (native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico) (male or of unspecified gender)
Synonyms: portorriqueño, boricua

Further reading

“puertorriqueño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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