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Puerto Rican Spanish Expressions in English | Letter G

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 G

Genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration

-Más hace el que quiere que el que puede

Get it over with quickly

-Camino malo se anda ligero

Get to the point

-Al pan, pan y al vino, vino

Get up on the wrong side of the bed

-Levantarse de la cama con el pie izquierdo

Spanish Expressions Refranes Puerto Rico Spanish Slang Ladron que roba ladron merece perdonGive a little to get a little

-Hay que dar del ala para comer de la pechuga

Give credit where credit is due

-Honor, a quien honor merece

Give him a taste of his own medicine

-Ladrón que roba a ladrón, merece el perdón

Give someone an inch and he will take a mile

-Se les da una uña y cogen hasta el codo

-Te doy pon y quieres guiar

-Te doy un dedo y me quieres coger el brazo

Go like a bat out of hell

-Ir como alma que lleva el diablo

God giveth and god taketh away

-Dios da y quita

God helps those that help themselves

-Dios dice ayúdate que yo te ayudaré

-Ayúdate que Dios te ayudará

God works in mysterious ways

-Dios sabe lo que hace

God’s gift to women

-Creerse la última Coca Cola del desierto

Good luck!

-Dios quiera que tu guarapo siempre tenga hielo

Good things are around the corner

-No hay mal que por bien no venga

Good things come in small packages

-El perfume bueno siempre viene en potes pequeños

-Perfume bueno viene en frasco pequeño

Good things come to those who wait

-A su tiempo maduran las uvas

-Calma piojo que el peine llega

-Lo mejor que hizo Dios fue un día detrás del otro

Guilt by association

-Admisión de delito, relevo de prueba

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