--- title: Watch Bad Bunny Teach You Puerto Rican Slang description: Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico—from "perreo" to "bebesota" and why he considers himself a "jíbaro." canonical: https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/ author: Jenna Caldwell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-03-28T11:00:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T15:38:49.356Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Allow Bad Bunny to Teach You Puerto Rican Slang og:description: Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico og:url: https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdb8d6ca6e1b9242/698a3b7d096a94d9136ad9b6/USE-THIS-GAME_BAD-BUNNY-GAME-V4_HD.00_00_00_23.Still010.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bad Bunny Teaches Puerto Rican Slang og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Allow Bad Bunny to Teach You Puerto Rican Slang twitter:description: Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdb8d6ca6e1b9242/698a3b7d096a94d9136ad9b6/USE-THIS-GAME_BAD-BUNNY-GAME-V4_HD.00_00_00_23.Still010.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Allow Bad Bunny to Teach You Puerto Rican Slang  by [Jenna Caldwell](/author/jenna-caldwell/)  ## Jenna Caldwell Mar 28, 2023 11:00 AM CUT  Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico—from "perreo" to "bebesota" and why he considers himself a "jíbaro." Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico—from "perreo" to "bebesota" and why he considers himself a "jíbaro."TIME Video  by [Jenna Caldwell](/author/jenna-caldwell/)  ## Jenna Caldwell Mar 28, 2023 11:00 AM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/"},"headline":"Allow Bad Bunny to Teach You Puerto Rican Slang","datePublished":"2023-03-28T11:00:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:38:49.356Z","description":"Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico—from \"perreo\" to \"bebesota\" and why he considers himself a \"jíbaro.\"","url":"https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/","keywords":["Music","Cover Story","celebrities","Interview"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdb8d6ca6e1b9242/698a3b7d096a94d9136ad9b6/USE-THIS-GAME_BAD-BUNNY-GAME-V4_HD.00_00_00_23.Still010.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenna Caldwell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jenna-caldwell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdb8d6ca6e1b9242/698a3b7d096a94d9136ad9b6/USE-THIS-GAME_BAD-BUNNY-GAME-V4_HD.00_00_00_23.Still010.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bad Bunny Teaches Puerto Rican Slang","caption":"Bad Bunny Teaches Puerto Rican Slang","creditText":"TIME Video","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/music/","name":"Music"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6266409/bad-bunny-puerto-rican-slang-video/","name":"Allow Bad Bunny to Teach You Puerto Rican Slang"}}]}] ```