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)

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

Noun

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

1. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10