boricua

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Puerto Rican Spanish boricua, from Taíno *borīkē.

Adjective

boricua (comparative more boricua, superlative most boricua)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) Puerto Rican.
    • 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 55:
      She hated Lincoln Center, for which an entire neighborhood was destroyed and 7,000 boricua families uprooted, just because Anglos who didn't really give a shit about High Culture were afraid of these people's children.

Noun

boricua (plural boricuas)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) A Puerto Rican.

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno *borīkē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈɾikwa/ [boˈɾi.kwa]
  • Rhymes: -ikwa
  • Syllabification: bo‧ri‧cua

Adjective

boricua m or f (masculine and feminine plural boricuas)

  1. (colloquial) Puerto Rican
    Synonyms: puertorriqueño, borinqueño

Noun

boricua m or f by sense (plural boricuas)

  1. (colloquial) Puerto Rican
    Synonyms: puertorriqueño, borinqueño

Descendants

  • → English: boricua

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