adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to Puerto Rico or its people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boricua
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Puerto Rican
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/
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UK: /ˌpwɜː(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/
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UK: /ˌpwɛə(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/
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UK: /ˌpɔː-/
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rhymes with -iːkən
noun
Meaning 2
A person from Puerto Rico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Boricua
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a native or resident of Puerto Rico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American
History
Etymology
From Puerto Rico + -an.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: portorricanu — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Asturian: portorriqueñu — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Catalan: porto-riqueny — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Chinese Mandarin: 波多黎各的 (Bōduōlígè de) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Czech: portorický — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Danish: puertorikansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Finnish: puertoricolainen — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- French: portoricain — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Galician: portorriqueño — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- German: puerto-ricanisch — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Hawaiian: Pokoliko — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Italian: portoricano — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Italian: puertoricano — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Japanese: プエルトリコの (Puerutoriko no) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Korean: 푸에르토리코의 (Puereutoriko-ui) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Bokmål: puertoricansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Bokmål: puertorikansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertoricansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertorikansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Polish: portorykański — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Portuguese: porto-riquenho — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Portuguese: porto-riquense — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Romanian: portorican — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрторика́нский (puertorikánskij) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрто-рика́нский (puerto-rikánskij) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Spanish: puertorriqueño — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Swedish: puertoricansk — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Tagalog: Puwertorikenyo — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Ukrainian: пуерторика́нський (puertorykánsʹkyj) — pertaining to Puerto Rico
- Asturian: portorricanu — person from Puerto Rico
- Asturian: portorricana — person from Puerto Rico
- Asturian: puertorriqueñu — person from Puerto Rico
- Asturian: puertorriqueña — person from Puerto Rico
- Catalan: porto-riqueny — person from Puerto Rico
- Catalan: porto-riquenya — person from Puerto Rico
- Chinese Mandarin: 波多黎各人 (Bōduōlígèrén) — person from Puerto Rico
- Czech: Portoričan — person from Puerto Rico
- Danish: puertoricaner — person from Puerto Rico
- Esperanto: portorikano — person from Puerto Rico
- Esperanto: portorikanino — person from Puerto Rico
- Finnish: puertoricolainen — person from Puerto Rico
- French: Portoricain — person from Puerto Rico
- French: Portoricaine — person from Puerto Rico
- Galician: portorriqueño — person from Puerto Rico
- German: Puerto-Ricaner — person from Puerto Rico
- German: Puerto-Ricanerin — person from Puerto Rico
- Hawaiian: Pokoliko — person from Puerto Rico
- Italian: portoricano — person from Puerto Rico
- Italian: portoricana — person from Puerto Rico
- Japanese: プエルトリコ人 (Puerutoriko-jin) — person from Puerto Rico
- Korean: 푸에르토리코인 (puereutorikoin) — person from Puerto Rico
- Korean: 푸에르토리코 사람 (puereutoriko saram) — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Bokmål: puertoricaner — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Bokmål: puertorikaner — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertorican — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertoricanar — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertorikan — person from Puerto Rico
- Norwegian Nynorsk: puertorikanar — person from Puerto Rico
- Polish: Portorykańczyk — person from Puerto Rico
- Polish: Portorykanka — person from Puerto Rico
- Portuguese: porto-riquenho — person from Puerto Rico
- Portuguese: porto-riquense — person from Puerto Rico
- Romanian: portorican — person from Puerto Rico
- Romanian: portoricană — person from Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрторика́нец (puertorikánec) — person from Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрторика́нка (puertorikánka) — person from Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрто-рика́нец (puerto-rikánec) — person from Puerto Rico
- Russian: пуэрто-рика́нка (puerto-rikánka) — person from Puerto Rico
- Serbo-Croatian: Portorikanac — person from Puerto Rico
- Serbo-Croatian: Portorikanka — person from Puerto Rico
- Spanish: puertorriqueño — person from Puerto Rico
- Spanish: puertorriqueña — person from Puerto Rico
- Spanish: boricua — person from Puerto Rico
- Swedish: puertorican — person from Puerto Rico
- Tagalog: Puwertorikenyo — person from Puerto Rico
- Thai: ชาวปวยร์โตรีโก — person from Puerto Rico
- Turkish: Porto Rikolu — person from Puerto Rico
- Ukrainian: пуерторика́нець (puertorykánecʹ) — person from Puerto Rico
- Ukrainian: пуерторика́нка (puertorykánka) — person from Puerto Rico