 The official name was adopted in 1952.Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States.Some authorities have stated that the official name "Estado Libre Asociado" constitutes a euphemism, that is, a term intended to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely, and have charged that the official name in English of "Commonwealth" constitutes a fig leaf, i.e., a term used figuratively and associated with the covering up of an act that is actually embarrassing or distasteful with something of innocuous appearance.