puertorriqueño

[ pwer-taw-ree-ke-nyaw ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural puer·to·rri·que·ños [pwe, r, -taw-, r, ee-, ke, -nyaws].

1. a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.

Example Sentences

But if some of you nondancers want to marinate in a sonic slice of 1972 puertorriqueño South Bronx — the birthplace of hustle — I’ve got a treat for you: “Power-Fuerza” by The Ghetto Brothers.

From Seattle Times

After Colbert asked whether she at least understood where the critiques of “In the Heights” came from, Moreno clarified her stance: “Can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone? There’s a lot of people who are Puertorriqueño, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. This is how it is, and it would be so nice if they hadn’t come up with that and left it alone, just for now.”

From Washington Post

“There’s a lot of people who are puertorriqueño, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. And this is how it is.”

From Washington Times

Durante una pelea publicitada entre el campeón mexicano Julio César Chávez y el boxeador puertorriqueño Héctor “Macho” Camacho, tanta gente se amontonó alrededor del televisor del restaurante que se esparcieron por la acera.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m so happy that he brought us this art, which means so much to us as Puerto Ricans, not just as Americans,” said Roberto Ramos Perea, a well-known playwright and director here who heads the theater program at Ateneo Puertorriqueño, the island’s oldest arts institution and a repository for its dramatic literature through the centuries.

From Washington Post