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What does «despotricar» mean in Dominican Spanish?
despotricar
to rant about someone
| Meaning | to rant about someone |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | hablar mal de alguien |
| Register | Neutral |
«Empezó a despotricar de todo el mundo.»
He started ranting about everybody.
The standard form of depotricar. Here you will hear both, with and without the s.
Related Dominican words
- anda pal diablo — get out of here!
- cibaeño — from the Cibao region
- dizque / dique — supposedly
- el disparate — nonsense, junk
- el lío — trouble, a mess
- el reguero — a mess
- hablador / habladora — a big talker
- mi amor / mi vida — sweetie (to strangers)
- na' — nothing
- na'quená — no two ways about it
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