Boricua
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Boricua is an adjective meaning (colloquial, chiefly US) Puerto Rican.
Meaning
(colloquial, chiefly US) Puerto Rican.
More Meanings
- (colloquial, chiefly US) A Puerto Rican.
Example Sentences
She hated Lincoln Center, for which an entire neighborhood was destroyed and 7,000 boricua families uprooted, just because Anglos who didn't really give a shit about High Culture were afraid of these people's children.
Word Forms
- boricuas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nuyorican, brown, bajan, badian, hispanophone.
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