How to pronounce ricans
Listen to ricans in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ricans” in real sentences
76 clips in the index · 14 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Um, even though I think of Puerto Ricans as people of color and most Puerto Ricans
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Puerto Ricans, we love our flag.
The Moth · hear it here
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You had Puerto Ricans in the Northeast doing the same thing.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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Puerto Ricans, and Jews like the Klein family, who lived downstairs from the Powells.
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ricans. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.