| A | B |
|---|
| el archipiélago | archipelago: a chain of islands formed from volcanoes |
| el faro | lighthouse |
| el fondo | the bottom (of the water); background or back (of a scene) |
| el patrimonio | heritage |
| el vatio | watt |
| la (primera) mitad de | (first) half of |
| la ciudadanía | the citizenship |
| la cueva | the cave |
| la caverna | the cave |
| la mano de obra | labor |
| la mezcla | the mixture |
| los anuncios | announcements, commercials |
| los restos | the remains (of a person or a place) |
| los taínos | indigenous group originating in South American that came to inhabit the islands of the Caribbean |
| carecer de | to be lacking in |
| convertirse (ie) en | to turn into |
| derrocar | to overthrow |
| lucir(zc) | to show off (something) |
| tomar posesión | to take possession |
| (bajo) el mando | (under) the command |
| húmedo/a | wet |
| propio/a | of one's own |
| seco/a | dry |
| a causa de | because of |
| casi | almost |
| igual que | just as |
| no obstante | nevertheless, however |
| sin embargo | nevertheless, however |
| por | on account of, because of |
| ya no | no longer |
| boricua | Puerto Rican |
| borinqueño/a | Puerto Rican |
| Borinquen | indigenous name for the island of Puerto Rico |
| puertorriqueño/a | Puerto Rican |
| Estado Libre Asociado | current status of Puerto Rico: Free Associated State |
| dominicano/a | Dominican |
| Quisqueya | indigenous name for the island of Hispaniola |
| la Española | Hispaniola |
| cubano/a | Cuban |
| las Grandes Antillas | the Greater Antilles (the larger islands of the chain) |
| las Pequeñas Antillas | the Lesser Antilles (the smaller islands of the chain) |
