Spanish Idioms - Dominican Slang Part 2

Ben Gay

(big) lips / Bembú person with big lips

a small party for friends

aluminum container, usually used to hold and transport milk

Big Mac

Sidewalk

women's panties, bloomers

someone who talks without thinking

hut

be careful with this word. In Spain Spanish it is bag. In DR it is (ball) bag. We use the word funda for bag.

Wow!

gas station

party for a bunch of friends

the large 5 gallon blue jug of water that holds clean drinking water.

boat

big moustache on an old person

bra

spy

(acechar to watch) men who like to watch women

peeping Tom

someone that likes to brag a little

when someone makes a pig of themselves

making fun of something or someone

relax

dominate gay man

when someone makes a pig of themselves

flat griddle

The guy in the country that rides around doing errands for people on his burro, ie:runs to the grocery store

person similar to a tigre but a little more decent

a large male goat, also means displeased

candy

tarantula type spider, bad woman (more on a cacata/ tarantula and a picture)

a vehicle in bad shape

when you can do something fast and not complicated, easy for you 'Cocinar arroz es cachu para el dominicano'

head

someone with a large head

bag, can have many meanings depending on the context

a small road, alley. A side road with no lights where delinquents, robbers and other shady people hang out.

Celebration or party

skinny legs

canoe

(pronounced ca rah ho)

tortoise shell

car (coche)

public taxis (more on transportation)

an old volksweign

(used much in the Cibao region) luck

a drink made of guanábana and milk.

Shampoo

flip flop, sandal