Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico began in the early 1500s shortly after the formation of the Spanish state in 1493. Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico can be understood in two senses: ethnic Spanish s
Bronze statue of explorer Juan Ponce de León in Plaza de San José, San Juan.
Casa de España in Old San Juan (built in 1934) is the headquarters and social organization for those of Spanish heritage.
Francisco Oller.
Cockfighting club in Puerto Rico, 1937.
Puerto Rican Spanish
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Puerto Rican Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as characteristically spoken in Puerto Rico and by millions of people of Puerto Rican descent living in the United States and elsewhere. It
Bilingual menu in Luquillo; it includes such Puerto Rican terms as jueyes ("blue land crab", guineo ("banana"), chapín ("cowfish"), carrucho ("conch"), chillo ("Northern red snapper"), habichuela ("black turtle beans"), arepa, mofongo, canoa.
English class for Spanish speakers in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, March 1, 1968.
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