Puerto Rico Vocabulary

crujiente

• crispy / crunchy

• soft

• soggy

• tender

el bosque

• forest

• jungle

• desert

• savanna

los Estados Unidos

• the United States

• the United Kingdom

• Canada

• Mexico

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la estrella

?

• the moon

• the sun

• the planet

el plato

• bowl

• cup

• plate

• dish

el mofongo

• a Puerto Rican dish made with fried plantains

• a type of Mexican salsa

• a traditional Cuban dessert

• a Spanish seafood stew

majar

• to mash

• to chop

• to boil

• to fry

la isla

• island

• continent

• peninsula

• cove

puertorriqueño / puertorriqueña

• Puerto Rican (male/female)

• Mexican (male/female)

• Cuban (male/female)

• Dominican (male/female)

lluvioso (a)

• sunny

• rainy (masculine/feminine)

• cloudy

• stormy