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# rico

«rico» in Mova's school dictionary: **usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

fragment / name (Rico); (Spanish) adjective «rico»

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rico is usually part of the name Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean that belongs to the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#m1)

2) (a name) Rico is a boy's name, often short for Ricardo or Enrico. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#m2)

3) (Spanish) In Spanish «rico» means rich or tasty; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it appears in «Puerto Rico» (Spanish for «rich port»). Otherwise it is a name. Phrases: Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican.

### examples

- Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x1)
- My friend Rico plays the guitar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x2)
- «Puerto Rico» means «rich port» in Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x3)
- People from Puerto Rico are Puerto Ricans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x4)
- (Spanish) «¡Qué rico!» means «How tasty!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x5)
- Hurricanes sometimes hit Puerto Rico. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/#x6)

### note

Not an ordinary English word. As a name, capital R. Say REE-koh.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rico» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rico/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.