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Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter B

Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Idioms Speaking Phrases Boricua

The following is the Speaking Latino list of Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English 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 Spanish Expressions in English | Letter B

Be happy with what you’ve got

-Más vale tierra en cuerpo que cuerpo en tierra

Bend over, here it comes again (BOHICA)

-Chúpate esa en lo que te mondan la otra

Spanish Expressions Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Estar entre la espada y la paredBetter late than never

-Más vale tarde que nunca

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

-Es mejor malo conocido que bueno por conocer

Between a rock and a hard place

-Estar entre la espada y la pared

Bitch, bitch, bitch

-Como quiera que te pongas siempre tienes que llorar

Bite off more than you can chew

-Quedarse sin el plato y la comida

-Quedarse sin la soga y sin la cabra

Spanish Expressions Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Quedarse sin la soga y sin la cabraBites the hand that feeds him

-Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos

Black as coal

-Prieto color teléfono

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

-Nacer en cuna de oro

Brains over brawn

-A cada guaraguao le llega su pitirre

-Más vale maña que fuerza

Business before pleasure

-El deber antes que el placer

Business is business

-Compay, compay, pero la gallina vale dos reales

Butt-ugly

-Más feo que una patada en la cara

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