ARTICLES TO LEARN PUERTO RICAN SPANISH
1. Puerto Rican Spanish Cheat Sheet: Get this document that contains 100 words and phrases with English definitions and example sentences.
2. Puerto Rican Spanish Vs Mexican Spanish: Download The Matrix with examples that compares these two countries and others.
3. 11 Grammar Rules For Puerto Rican Spanish that Improve Your Fluency
4. 9 Ways to Identify the Pronunciation and Accent from Puerto Rico
5. 10 Words and Phrases From Puerto Rico That Aren’t Taught In School:
6. A Commercial Teaches You Colors and Other Puerto Rican Spanish Words
7. Should You Study Spanish in Puerto Rico?
8. 7 Swear Phrases From Puerto Rico and How to Soften Them. Watch the video!
9. The History of 5 Slang Words from Puerto Rico: Cangrimán, Fostró, Chavos, Zafacón and Limber
10. Video of 20 Puerto Rico Money Slang Words
11. Which are the first 3 Puerto Rican words kids learn to read?
12. Para los que se comen la S y arrastran la R: Algunas de las particularidades del español de Puerto Rico
13. La pronunciación de R en Puerto Rico: Revista Dilo de la Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua
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LOOKING FOR A PUERTO RICAN SPANISH SLANG DICTIONARY? HERE ARE THE OPTIONS:
| BOOK | TITLE | LANGUAGE |
|---|---|---|
  Kindle | Speaking Boricua: A Practical Guide to Puerto Rican Spanish The best selling book, Speaking Boricua is a humorous guide to Puerto Rican Spanish. With over 1,500 Puerto Rican words and phrases, you will quickly understand Puerto Rican slang. Drawings illustrate many of the words and phrases in an entertaining way. By using a few of these words your Puerto Rican friends will be laughing hysterically. This book includes: • Over 1,500 Puerto Rican words and phrases explained in English • Puerto Rican Grammar & Usage • Puerto Rican Pronunciation • Common Puerto Rican English words (Spanglish) • 30 Illustrations | Spanish-English |
  Kindle | Speaking Phrases Boricua: A Collection of Wisdom and Sayings from Puerto Rico Whether you are looking to share your life’s wisdom with Island friends, trying to get a chuckle from colleagues or just want to better understand Puerto Ricans, Speaking Phrases Boricua offers both English and Spanish versions for these wisdoms (refranes). It includes: • Hundreds of Puerto Rican sayings translated and explained in English • 38 illustrations • An index of English sayings with Puerto Rican equivalents • A 56-page index of Spanish keywords with sayings (Print book only) | Spanish-English |
  | Los que dicen ¡Ay bendito! "Esta edición añade más de 300 dichos a los 3.000 que ya tuvo la edición anterior. Una amplia documentación nos permite conocer, con rigor pero con amenidad, su enorme riqueza. Un índice alfabético facilita al lector la localización de las diferentes acepciones." | Spanish |
  | Yo hablo boricua “Encontrará información sobre los rasgos característicos del nuestra pronunciación; una sección de vocabulario y otra de refranes y frases. Escrito en un lenguaje sencillo, usted podrá adentrarse en la cultura de nuestra tierra e identificarse con las ocurrencias y vivencias de nuestra gente.” | Spanish |
  | En arroz y habichuelas: Diccionario del habla popular boricua "He aquí una recopilación de más de 1,000 palabras y frases de uso cotidiano por los boricuas. Sus definiciones -muchas veces humorísticas- no sólo te harán reír sino entenderte y entendernos mejor. Incluye palabras utilizadas en Puerto Rico así como las adaptadas por los boricuas en los Estados Unidos." | Spanish |
  | La lengua Boricua II "Con más de dos mil términos de uso en nuestra versión del español, éste es el verdadero diccionario Boricua. También contiene una sección de supersticiones Boricuas." | Spanish |
  | Tesoro lexicográfico del español de Puerto Rico "Ofrece las palabras del país recogidas durante el siglo xx en diccionarios, vocabularios, investigaciones dialectales y estudios heterogéneos." | Spanish |
  | Anglicismos puertorriqueños "La influencia del inglés en Puerto Rico es la más fuerte del mundo hispano. Esta obra le ayudará a identificar más de cuatrocientos términos tomados del inglés, sus niveles de uso y frecuencia, distintas acepciones y equivalentes en español." | Spanish |
  | How to Speak Puerto Rican A translated an commented compilation of the common words, phrases and proverbs of Puerto Rico. The book is divided into two parts: the first being phrases and proverbs and the second containing common words. Both sections provide a literal and social translation in English. | Spanish-English |
  | Los indigenismos en el español de Puerto Rico: Apreciaciones sobre su historia y vigencia | Spanish |
PUERTO RICAN SPANISH LESSONS: VIDEO PLAYLIST
Watch the following playlist with a collection of videos about Puerto Rican Spanish:
PUERTO RICAN SPANISH WORDS: WEBSITES WITH LIST OF WORDS
1. El habla de Puerto Rico – Spanish definitions
2. Tesoro Lexicográfico del Español de Puerto Rico – Spanish definitions
3. Puerto Rican Slang by Everyday Slang Blog – English definitions
4. Puerto Rican Spanish Slang Words by Tu Babel – Spanish definitions
5. Jerga y Regionalismos de Puerto Rico by Diccionario Libre – Spanish definitions
PODCAST ABOUT PUERTO RICAN SPANISH
1. Podcast Los Acentos del Español: Puerto Rico | 7:40 minutes – Spanish teacher María Arnaldis interview native Puerto Rican Diana Caballero from the blog Speaking Latino. In Spanish.
2. Listen to the Puerto Rican Spanish Accent in 96 Audio Clips | 17:31 minutes playlist – In these audio clips you will listen to example sentences that use common Puerto Rican Spanish words and phrases. Be sure to listen specifically to the pronunciation, speed and intonation of a native Puerto Rican speaker.
3. Del Taco al Tango – Puerto Rico Slang | 14 minutes – Mexican podcasters from OpenLanguage.com shares some Puerto Rican Spanish slang expressions. A good way to learn some examples of Puerto Rican Spanish vs Mexican Spanish. In Spanish.
MORE PUERTO RICAN SPANISH AND SPANISH SLANG RESOURCES
1. Blog Dialecto Boricua – Blog in Spanish
2. Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua – In Spanish
3. Español Puertorriqueño: ¡Atrévete y dilo! Audio CD – In 2011, the Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua launched a radio campaign about Puerto Rican Spanish words, their usage, origins and meanings. This audio CD collects the 50 radio commercials that feature more than 80 Puerto Rican Spanish words. This CD is only available through the Academia Puertorriqueña, so you will need to call them for availability and shipping instructions. Click here to listen to some demos and for the contact information.
4. Refranes y Dichos de Puerto Rico Free iPhone App – In Spanish
5. Puerto Rican Spanish Flashcard Sets
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