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What does polfabol mean..I saw a posting that says "Puerto Ricans be like..Hay Polfabol"

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Answer 1

Polfabol means Por favor ---> please.

Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and some Cubans, too. They always pronounce their "R's" at the end of a word like "L's". So, they say:

Decir ---> decil ----> to say

Hacer ---> hacel ----> to do/make

and so on.

I agree with you leumas11, but is it a rule that the "R" must ba at the end of the word, because in the video that I saw, the woman says that they change the word (importa) to (impolta), and here the "R" is not at the end? - marksteve, Dec 24, 2015

It isn't a rule and you shouldn't pay much attention to it. Maybe, I should have said "R's" before consonant sounds, too but I forgot. It's late now, sorry. - leumas11, Dec 24, 2015

Thanks everyone!!!!! - athenajenkins, Dec 24, 2015

Answer 2

I agree with leumas11!

People from Puerto Rico change the "R" in a word, to "L", which is why we have (Pol favol), instead of (Por favor)!

Here is a funny and interesting video made by Joanna Rants which explains the diffrences among most of the Spanish accents, and she mentions how people from Puerto Rico tend to change every "r" to "l" like impolta instead of importa and calne instead of carne...

She starts talking about the Puerto Rican accent at (1:46), if you don't want to see the whole video - marksteve, Dec 24, 2015

No problem at all. Thanks for the link. - leumas11, Dec 24, 2015

Hii Mark that was really very funny , thank you very much for that link i loved it . - ray76, Dec 24, 2015

:) - marksteve, Dec 24, 2015

She didn't cover my accent ¬_¬ ¬_¬ ..... No big deal, I have no accent, lol :D :D - leumas11, Dec 24, 2015

Gracia Dio , she kept away from mine. - ray76, Dec 24, 2015

Hehe - marksteve, Dec 24, 2015

Answer 3

I just hope that this is not a bit off? - ray76, Dec 24, 2015