Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puertorriqueño

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: puer-tor-riqueno
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Example Sentences

"My folks were working class: a Jewish shopgirl mom, and a Puertorriqueňo dad on an assembly line putting together corrugated boxes."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puertorriqueño.

Inflected Forms

Puertorriqueños (plural)

Questions

What does puertorriqueño mean?: Puerto Rican
Where does puertorriqueño come from?: Borrowed from Spanish puertorriqueño.

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