How one of the world’s biggest music stars is transforming the Spanish language

According to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE, under its Spanish acronym), a “piquete” is either a sharp object, a small wound, or a group of striking workers blocking access to a workplace. It is a word, generally speaking, of conflict and harm.

But when Puerto Rican musician Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – more commonly known as Bad Bunny – intones on his song

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