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Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter C

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 C

Call a spade a spade

-Al pan, pan y al vino, vino

Caught red-handed

-Pillar con las manos en la masa

Caught with a hand in the cookie jar

-Pillar con las manos en la masa

Charity begins at home

-La caridad empieza por casa

Children and fools tell the truth

-Los niños y los borrachos siempre dicen la verdad

Spanish Expressions Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Estar mas perdido que un juey bizcoClothes don’t make the man

-El hábito no hace al monje pero lo distingue

Clueless

-Estar más perdido que un juey bizco

-Lo coge todo por el rabo

Curiosity killed the cat

-La curiosidad mató al gato

Cut to the chase

-Al pan, pan y al vino, vino

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