boricua
adjective, noun
boricua is an adjective meaning “Puerto Rican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-O-R-I-C-U-A, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does boricua mean?
adjective
- 1
UScolloquialPuerto Rican.
noun
- 1
UScolloquialA Puerto Rican.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of boricua.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of boricua.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of boricua
- more boricua comparative
- most boricua superlative
- boricuas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is boricua?
Boricua appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does boricua come from?
From Puerto Rican Spanish boricua, from Taíno *borīkē.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).