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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "ES:Adjetivos",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "ES:Palabras llanas",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "ES:Palabras trisílabas",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Español",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"etymology_text": "De Boricua, nombre taíno de la región, y este deformación de Boriquén, del nombre taíno de la misma.",
"extra_sounds": {
"acentuación": "llana",
"longitud silábica": "trisílaba"
},
"forms": [
{
"form": "boricuas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"hyphenation": "bo-ri-cua",
"lang": "Español",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "adj",
"pos_title": "Adjetivo",
"raw_tags": [
"sin género"
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "ES:Gentilicios",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico"
],
"id": "es-boricua-es-adj-MA7mql1m",
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[boˈɾi.kwa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "i.kwa"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "borincano"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "borinqueño"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "portorriqueño"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "puertorriqueño"
}
],
"word": "boricua"
}
{
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"ES:Adjetivos",
"ES:Palabras llanas",
"ES:Palabras trisílabas",
"ES:Rimas:i.kwa",
"Español"
],
"etymology_text": "De Boricua, nombre taíno de la región, y este deformación de Boriquén, del nombre taíno de la misma.",
"extra_sounds": {
"acentuación": "llana",
"longitud silábica": "trisílaba"
},
"forms": [
{
"form": "boricuas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"hyphenation": "bo-ri-cua",
"lang": "Español",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "adj",
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"raw_tags": [
"sin género"
],
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{
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"ES:Gentilicios"
],
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"Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico"
],
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[boˈɾi.kwa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "i.kwa"
}
],
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{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "borincano"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "borinqueño"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "portorriqueño"
},
{
"sense": "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "puertorriqueño"
}
],
"word": "boricua"
}
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