"boricua" meaning in All languages combined

See boricua on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more boricua [comparative], most boricua [superlative]
Etymology: From Puerto Rican Spanish boricua, from Taíno *borīkē. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es-PR|boricua}} Puerto Rican Spanish boricua, {{der|en|tnq|*borīkē}} Taíno *borīkē Head templates: {{en-adj}} boricua (comparative more boricua, superlative most boricua)
  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) Puerto Rican. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (place): Puerto Rico Synonyms: Boricua
    Sense id: en-boricua-en-adj-Kueb8vu4 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /boˈɾikwa/, [boˈɾi.kwa] Forms: boricuas [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ikwa Etymology: From Taíno *borīkē. Etymology templates: {{der|es|tnq|*borīkē}} Taíno *borīkē Head templates: {{es-adj}} boricua m or f (masculine and feminine plural boricuas)
  1. (colloquial) Puerto Rican Tags: colloquial, feminine, masculine Categories (place): Puerto Rico Synonyms: puertorriqueño, borinqueño
    Sense id: en-boricua-es-adj-aP9jMTse Disambiguation of Puerto Rico: 50 50 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 50 50

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /boˈɾikwa/, [boˈɾi.kwa] Forms: boricuas [plural]
Rhymes: -ikwa Etymology: From Taíno *borīkē. Etymology templates: {{der|es|tnq|*borīkē}} Taíno *borīkē Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} boricua m or f by sense (plural boricuas)
  1. (colloquial) Puerto Rican Tags: by-personal-gender, colloquial, feminine, masculine Categories (place): Puerto Rico Synonyms: puertorriqueño, borinqueño Related terms: borinqueño
    Sense id: en-boricua-es-noun-aP9jMTse Disambiguation of Puerto Rico: 50 50 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for boricua meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)

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