It was the name the Taino used for Puerto Rico.
"Boricua" is not an English word. It means Puerto Rican. It comes from the words "borinquen" and "boriken" which is its taino name. Boricua will usually be used when describing someone of Puerto Rican heritage.
The word "boricua" is not usually a linguistic term but rather cultural. It essentially means "Puerto Rican" and derives from the word "Boriken" in the indigenous Taino language spoken on the island before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Puerto Ricans might say that they are boricua but they don't say they speak boricua.
Boricua is a slang word for "Puerto Rican". In Hebrew this would be פורטוריקני (Portorikani)
Its actually "Boricua" and the Puerto Ricans use it to refer to themselves and where they are from. For example, if you're from Mexico you might say "I am Mexican". In the same way, Puerto Ricans can say "I am Puerto Rican" but a slang for that is also "I am Boricua."Hi, with all due respect and as a Puerto Rican, I have to make a clarification to the answer; our indigens, the Tainos, called the mail island Puerto Rico "Boriken", that change to Borinquen from those words it where it came the word Boricua. Thank you for the opportunity to clarify.
Puerto Rico is the 3rd largest Island of the carribean. People born in Puerto Rico are United States citizens since it is a commowealth state. In English they are called Puertoricans wich in spanish is Puertorriquenos but the word you are looking for is ... boricua..
Puertorriqueño or Boricua
Puerto as in Puerto Rico or Puerto Vallarta means port as in Port of New York.
correct word is Puertoriqueño It means He is from Puerto Rico..
The term 'catano' is Spanish term used to describe a town in Puerto Rico. There are many different 'catano's' located on the northern coast of Puerto Rico.
It means "Rich Port". Rico in Spanish means rich in English just if your talking about money. If your talking about food rico means it's delicious, good, etc. Example, "esto huele rico" mean this smell good or " que Rica la comida" means like delicious food in English. Puerto Rico means "Rich Port" in Spanish. The word Puerto in Spanish means port, and the word Rico means rich, affluent, delicious or costly. Presumably Puerto Rico means Rich Port, Port of the Rich, or something similar.
Vaquero
Well Puerto Rico means Rich Port. Puerto=Port Rico= good,rich