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Spanish Idioms - Dominican Slang Part 4
This deck covers a collection of Dominican slang expressions and idioms, providing their meanings and usage in context.
¿Dime ave?
"What's up?" "Tell me what's going on" (literally enlighten me, tell me so I can see)
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Term
Definition
¿Dime ave?
"What's up?" "Tell me what's going on" (literally enlighten me, tell me so I can see)
Dímelo?
Sort of like "What's happenin'", "How are you?", used much when answering the phone
¡Diachi!
It's a way to soften the word diablo (devil). Used in place of the word damn ie: "Diache! You look good" or "Diache! I stubbed my toe."
Dios te Bendigas
God bless you respond with "Amen"
Dí que
Similar to saying "uhhmm"…in place of a pause in a sentence, uh el Dueño, el Amo
Dry Clean
To clean up yourself especially before a party or after going to the beach
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
¿Dime ave? | "What's up?" "Tell me what's going on" (literally enlighten me, tell me so I can see) |
Dímelo? | Sort of like "What's happenin'", "How are you?", used much when answering the phone |
¡Diachi! | It's a way to soften the word diablo (devil). Used in place of the word damn ie: "Diache! You look good" or "Diache! I stubbed my toe." |
Dios te Bendigas | God bless you respond with "Amen" |
Dí que | Similar to saying "uhhmm"…in place of a pause in a sentence, uh el Dueño, el Amo |
Dry Clean | To clean up yourself especially before a party or after going to the beach |
Emparchao | When the stomach hurts from indigestion |
Emperchado | Someone that dresses in the high fashion of the time |
Enchivao | Clogged |
Enchulao | To be in love |
Enchumbao | To be full of it; I am all wet, used to refer to wet shoes after a rain |
Enculillarse | To have a bad itch |
Enjaretar | (verb) Gorge on food, when you're really hungry this is what you do. |
Eringarse | (verb) Describes the Dominican way of borrowing money, spending it, borrowing more without paying it back. |
Escrines | Screens |
Esprie | Sprite (the soda) |
Fantamoso | Person who likes to show off |
Fariseo | Someone from another country that is not nice to the locals, a bad foreigner. |
Ferré/ Darce Ferré | To fix oneself up, to make up oneself |
Fiao | On credit, many Colmados and local vendors will take credit if they know and trust you. |
Fifty | Fifty a high class person |
Fó | Expression used before a word for a bad scent |
Fotostática | Photocopy |
Fuego | Used when you agree with something someone said. |
Fui | Normally this word means "I went" but Dominicans use this for the word culo or butt. |
Fulano, perensejo y sutanejo | Used when you don't know a person's name (what's his name?) |
Fuljean | Full jeans..when a woman fills out her jeans nicely |
Fulillo /fuí | Anus |
Funda | Bag, shopping bag (Spain Spanish the word is bolsa which in DR it is a man's ball bag (not nice)) |
Fuñir/ Fuñe | To bother, annoy |
Freco | To get fresh (sexually or verbally), smart mouth (really spelt fresco meaning fresh but usually said without the "S" in this form) |
Fregada | Bother, hassle, nuisance |
Freta | When a woman's nipples are cold and erect |
Furufa | An ugly woman, not nice |
Galillo | Person with a loud voice |
Gallina | Chicken, a person that's afraid |
Gato | Cat, a robber |
Gase | Burp, belch, gas |
Glu glu | Like saying chug chug in English; the sound one makes when drinking. |
Gotea | To fall |
Grajo | Armpit odor, underarm stink, B O |
Grillo | Woman of ill repute, uses you then leaves you, usually has bad hair |
Guachiman | Watchman, private guard |
Guagua | Privately owned minivan used as transportation |
Guaifai | WiFi internet service |
Guapo | Angry, mad or tough (in Spain Spanish Guapo (a) is handsome (beautiful) un Guapo is a tough guy |
¡ Güay ! | An expression meaning WoW! |
¡Guay mi Mai! | An expression meaning pain |
Gueje, gueje | Ridicule |
Güira | Metal instrument that is made of perforated metal and scrapped |