How to say certain words in Puerto Rican Dialect

Question

Personas: Child: persona entre 2 y 12 años. Waiter: persona que atiende en un restaurante. Plumber: persona que arregla aparatos de calefacción, alcantarillas, etc. en una casa.

Objetos cotidianos: Ticket: impreso que da derecho a viajar o a entrar en un cine, por ejemplo. Blanket: prenda que se pone para abrigarse en la cama. Refrigerator: aparato para mantener fríos los alimentos.

El automóvil: To fill up the tank: reponer combustible en un automóvil. Tire: parte exterior de la rueda.

Prendas y adornos: Sneakers: calzado deportivo. T-shirt: Blue jeans: pantalones de este tipo.

Fruta: Peach, nectarine, apricot, strawberry.

Otros alimentos: Beans, green beans, peas, fresh corn.

Otras palabras: Bedroom: habitación para dormir. Apartment: Money: Down payment: pago inicial de una compra (grande).

Thank you for sharing the PR viewpoint. - 0074b507, Mar 22, 2011

Answer 1

Hello Jazarah, welcome to the Forum. I'm afraid that your question is not very clear. Are you asking how the words that you have written in English are said in Puerto Rico, or are you claiming that they're said like that, in English?

Standard Spanish is spoken as official language in Puerto Rico, although people tend to mix in a good deal of English and Spanglish in their speech. But I'm not really sure what is it that you're asking or trying to say here.

I have several PR friends and they tend to use alot of slang in their Spanish - night92hawk, Mar 21, 2011

Every country, ever region, every culture, has slang. This is very different from a "dialect". - Gekkosan, Mar 22, 2011

Answer 2

I was wondering how they say these words (that are already listed in english, described in more detail in spanish) in Puerto Rico. For example, Puerto Ricans refer to beans as habichuelas and other frijoles.

Your question is very, very general, and tons of different answers could be given. I'll give you a few of the common options to some of the words you specifically mention in your question:

Child: Nene, niño.

Waiter: mesero(a).

Plumber: plomero

Ticket: ticket, boleto

Blanket: cobija, frazada, manta.

Refrigerator: nevera

El automóvil: carro

Tire: goma

Sneakers: tennis.

T-shirt: t-shirt

Blue jeans: jeans or mahón

Peach: durazo

nectarine:nectarina

apricot: albaricoque

strawberry: fresa or "strobéry"

Beans: habichuela or frijól

green beans: habichuelas verdes

peas: guisantes

fresh corn: maíz

Bedroom: dormitorio

Apartment: apartamento

Money: dinero, plata, chavos

Down payment: el pronto

Answer 3

I was wondering how they say these words (that are already listed in english, described in more detail in spanish) in Puerto Rico. For example, Puerto Ricans refer to beans as habichuelas and other frijoles.