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Puerto Rican Sayings in Spanish | Letter E – Letter F

Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Idioms Speaking Phrases Boricua

The following is the Speaking Latino list of Puerto Rican sayings in Spanish popular to Puerto Rico. Many of these sayings, proverbs, refranes, modismos or idioms are also used in other Latin American countries.

You can find this list and much more in my book Speaking Phrases Boricua: A Collection of Wisdom and Sayings from Puerto Rico.


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Puerto Rican Sayings in Spanish | Letter E

Puerto Rican sayings in Spanish and Spanish Slang Ir contra viento y mareaEat to live, not live to eat

-Se come para vivir, no se vive para comer

Enough is enough

-Para al carajo albañil, que se acabó la mezcla

Everyone makes mistakes

-Al mejor cazador se le va la liebre

Everything eventually comes to light

-A la larga, todo se sabe

Puerto Rican Sayings in Spanish | Letter F

Faith will move mountains

-La fe mueve montañas

Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Defenderse mas que gato boca arribaFight against all odds

-Ir contra viento y marea

Fight tooth and nail

-Defenderse más que un gato boca arriba

Fine words butter no parsnips

-El que mucho promete, poco cumple

Flat broke

-Más pelado que un chucho

Friends in high places

-El que tiene padrino se bautiza

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Check out these other Puerto Rican Spanish Slang Expressions articles.


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