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Home » Blog » Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter D

Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter D

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 D

Different strokes for different folks

-Cada cual a lo suyo

-Cada loco con su tema

-Para los gustos, los colores

-Sobre los gustos no hay nada escrito

-Zapatero a sus zapatos

Do not put words in his mouth

-No hables por boca ajena

Spanish expressions and Refrains Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Predicar la moral en calzoncillosDo unto others as you would have them do unto you

-No hagas hoy lo que no quieres que te hagan a ti mañana

Does a bear shit in the woods?

-¿A quién le amarga un dulce?

Does not practice what he preaches

-Predicar la moral en calzoncillos

Don’t wish too hard, you might just get it

-Está buscando lo que no se le ha perdido

Don’t add fuel to the fire

-No eches más leña al fuego

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

-No cantes victoria antes de tiempo

Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it

-No cruces el puente antes de llegar a él

Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden egg

-No mates la gallina de los huevos de oro

Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today

-No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

-A caballo regalado no se le mira el colmillo

Don’t stick your nose where it does not belong

-Agua que no has de beber déjala correr

Dressed to the nines

-Estar más combinado que un cuadro del hipodromo

-Genio y figura hasta la sepultura

-Vestirse de ‘Clubman’

Drunk as a skunk

-Más ahumado que un trapo de una plancha

Drunk out of his mind

-Más ahumado que un trapo de una plancha

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