Meanings
adjectivePuertorriqueño (not comparable)
- not comparablePuerto Rican
My folks were working class: a Jewish shopgirl mom, and a Puertorriqueňo dad on an assembly line putting together corrugated boxes.
1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 19
Origin
- Spanishpuertorriqueño
- EnglishPuertorriqueño
Borrowed from Spanish puertorriqueño.
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Puertorriqueño. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Puertorrique%C3%B1o
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