𝙥𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜 ; 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙

im gonna share with you guys some of my favorite puertorican slang. some of them are curse words and other not but yeah. hope you have fun, learn something and use some of them lol

before we start you need to know that in our vocabulary we have a lot of spanglish and mixed words so some of them may sound similar to you or maybe you had already heard about it

1. ¡ 𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤! : we use this one to express all kind of emotions from happiness, surprise or sadness. the tone you use will dictate how it’s interpreted, similar to how you would say “oh my god” in english.

2. 𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚 : we use this term to describe a really fun and crazy moment or to describe a crazy person "oh geez, yo estoy bien al garete" or "the party last night estaba bien al garete"

3. 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙤 : this comes from the word "hermano" which means brother , is the shortest version of it and we use it a lot. also puerto rico is known for cuting the words so sometimes we dont pronounced the whole word, like this one :) we're weird i know

4. 𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖: you know when you eat a lot of food and you feel that ur about to explode and that you can barely breath; thats what we call a "jartera" and personaly use it a lot lmao. i'll be like " diablo mano, que jartera tengo"

5. 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙡: in english this is a bad thing but for us puertoricans we use it to describe something beyond awesome. i'll be like "es que sean baila demasiao' brutal"

6. 𝙗𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚: another word we use for gossip

7. 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚: this one means lie and the persons who says the "embuste" we call them "embustero/a"

8. 𝙛ó: this it's a puertorican slang for something that smells really bad, and must always be accompanied by a gesture or look of disgust on the face, or it won’t work :)

9. 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙤/𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙧: as you may know reggaeton comes from puerto rico and you’ve probably heard it in some current songs. perreo is dancing like a madman, without stopping. dance very fierce. but, now, it’s actually some kind of dirty dancing

10. 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖: in puerto rico, this expression is used to talk about someone very arrogant with an unfriendly character and yes again, i use this one a lot. is one of my favorites

11. 𝙘𝙝é𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚: this one is our version of the word cool . we'll be like "ay mira, que chévere quedo eso"

12. ¡𝙚𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚! or ¡𝙚𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙤!: is an exclamation for exitement or to express how amazed you are by something or someone. or to express how worried you are by an event or instant action

13. 𝙬𝙚𝙥𝙖: we use this one for a lot of things but mainly it is yelled to express joy and utter happiness.we will yell it nasally and hold the “e” and “a” for a long time. sometimes we will meet with someone at a random place and yell "weepaa, how's everything going?" and hug

14. 𝙟𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙖𝙧/ 𝙟𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙤: this is the spanglish version of hang out and yeah, is a word that you will hear a lot in puerto rico cause we like parties lol

15. 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤 / 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤: this are contractions of the spanish word “muchacho” which means “boy”. they are also used as fillers between thoughts and sentences when we speak. it’s similar to “well” in english.

16. 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖: may refer to the country "china", a female from or of chinese descent. but also itrefers to the fruit "orange".

17. 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙤: we use this to refer to the tourist from usa or white people.

18. 𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙤: if we're going to translate this it would be something like trying to pass off as crazy, it means to try to ignore or distance oneself from a particular situation, just like sean rn by not posting the side by side video with kaycee jk

19. 𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙟𝙤𝙨: phrase we use to describe slow walkers

20. 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖: equivalent to "hey" but literally means look. do not use it to say hi because it doesn't work that way, please.

21. ñ𝙤ñ𝙖 𝙚𝙨: definetly one i use a lot and it means no way. dont mind me, i just like the letter "ñ" .

22.¿𝙤𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙝?/¿𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚?: this means; did you hear me? the right way to say it is with the letter "s" (the second one) but sometimes we dont pronounced the letter "s" (like the first one)

23. 𝙥𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙖: another spanglish word and means to be pumped up

𝙥𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 ;)

1. 𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙧ó𝙣: for a Latino, a “cabrón” is a man who knows that his wife is cheating on him, without defending it in order to keep his woman. depending on the situation, here in puerto rico the word “cabrón” can be used in a friendly or offensive way, just as dumbass in english

2. 𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙗ó𝙣: is the synonymous of “lameculos” = toady, bootlicker. “lambón” is exclusive from puerto rico since it is not usually heard in other countries. a person who you should not trust, adulatory and treacherous; a bootlicker.

3. 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙤/𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙖: person who is promiscuous, someone who constantly proposes to have sex with others or that does it with multiple partners

4.𝙥𝙪ñ𝙚𝙩𝙖: (one of my favourites) this word is used as an expression of anger or frustration and puertoricans are not afraid to say it out loud, it doesnt matter where they are. you can also identify a puertorican in other country just by screaming "puñeta", i have proof lol

5. 𝙘𝙤𝙟𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨: it is used to award courage and bravery to a person or, in an ironic tone, to complain about someone else’s unfair action.

and yeah, theres a lot more words and phrases but this are the ones that i normally use lmao. hope you like it and if you need help with the pronounciation of a word dm me or ask me and i will help/ send you a video

tell me which one is your favourite and which one you would like to incorporate in your vocabulary. also, would you like a second part of this?