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Dominican Spanish words: body
58 Dominican words and phrases about body, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- el galletón — a hard slap
«A ese le daban un galletón si seguía hablando así.» He would have gotten a good slap if he'd kept talking like that. - jalar — to pull
«Jala esa silla pa'cá.» Pull that chair over here. - la galleta — a slap in the face
«Por eso fue que casi se ganó una galleta.» That's why he almost got himself slapped. - la resaca — a hangover
«Amanecí con una resaca.» I woke up with a hangover. - arrecotarse — to lean back, to rest against
«Quiero arrecotarme, me duele pila la cabeza.» I want to lie back, my head hurts a lot. - cacazo — a hard knock
«Se cayó y se dio tremendo cacazo.» He fell and took a hell of a knock. - el pelotero — a baseball player; a tooth
«A Juan le faltan todos los peloteros de alante.» Juan is missing all his front teeth. - el peo — a fart
«Aquí alguien se tiró un peo.» Somebody farted in here. - rebajar — to lose weight
«Ella rebajó mucho este año.» She lost a lot of weight this year. - tener un bajo — to stink, to have body odor
«Abre la ventana, que aquí hay un bajo.» Open the window, it stinks in here. - arrempujar — to shove
«Comenzó a arrempujar a to' el mundo en la fila.» He started shoving everybody in the line. - cacón / cacona — big-headed
«Tú le dice' cacón y ya tú ere' enemigo de él.» You call him big-head and you're his enemy already. - cocotazo — knock on the head
«Si sigues así te doy un cocotazo.» Keep it up and you will get a smack on the head. - coger aire — to get some air
«Salgo un chin a coger aire.» I'm stepping out for some air. - el cocote — the back of the neck
«Me duele el cocote de estar en la computadora.» The back of my neck hurts from the computer. - el grajo — body odor, BO
«Báñate, que tiene' grajo.» Take a shower, you've got BO. - el moño — a hair bun
«Se hizo un moño para cocinar.» She put her hair in a bun to cook. - el nacío — a boil; a rotten person
«Le salió un nacío en el brazo.» He got a boil on his arm. - el patatú — a fit, a fainting spell
«A mi tía le dio un patatú cuando lo supo.» My aunt had a fit when she found out. - el ñemazo — a hard knock
«Se dio un ñemazo en la cabeza.» He took a hard knock to the head. - güele — it smells
«Eso güele a comida.» That smells like food. - la greña — messy hair
«Sal de esa greña antes de salir.» Fix that mess of hair before going out. - la narí — nose
«Se dio un golpe en la narí.» He hit his nose. - la tabaná — a wallop
«Se dio una tabaná en la cabeza.» He took a wallop to the head. - maltalláo / maltallá — badly put together
«Ese pana sí e' raro… medio maltalláo, camina como torcío.» That buddy is odd… kind of badly put together, he walks crooked. - maltramáo — put together wrong
«El tipo se ve maltramáo, como si se hubiera caído de chiquito.» The guy looks put together wrong, like he fell as a kid. - pelar — to cut hair; to clean someone out
«Me van a pelar en la barbería.» I'm getting my hair cut at the barbershop. - peláo / pelá — shaved; bare; single
«Se cortó el pelo bien peláo.» He cut his hair really short. - quedarse frisao — to freeze up
«Me quedé frisao cuando la vi.» I froze when I saw her. - resacado — hungover
«No me llame temprano, que amanecí resacado.» Don't call me early, I woke up hungover. - ueler — to smell
«Eso empieza a uelé mal.» That's starting to smell bad. - abimbar — to beat someone up
«La mamá de Luis lo abimbó porque llegó ajumao.» Luis's mom beat him up because he came home drunk. - añugarse — to choke on food
«Come depacio, que te va a añugá.» Eat slowly, you're going to choke. - caco — head
«Y el pobre tiene ese caco grandísimo.» And the poor guy has that huge head. - canillú / canillúa — skinny-legged
«No le diga' canillú, que se pone bravo.» Don't call him skinny-legs, he gets mad. - el degreñe — bed hair
«Péinate ese degreñe.» Comb that bed hair. - el eteriquito — the jitters, a chill of fear
«No puedo caminar en la orilla del puente, me da eteriquito.» I can't walk at the edge of the bridge, it gives me the jitters. - el fuetaso — a lash; a long swig
«Se dio un fuetaso de ron.» He took a long swig of rum. - el fuetazo — a hard blow
«Le dieron un fuetazo en la cabeza.» They gave him a hard blow to the head. - el tablaso — a whack
«Le dieron un tablaso con la puerta.» The door gave him a whack. - el tablazo — a hard whack
«Sonó un tablazo en la cocina.» There was a loud whack in the kitchen. - encaramarse — to climb up on
«El gato se encaramó en la mata.» The cat climbed up the tree. - estar entumío — to be stiff, numb
«Amanecí entumío del cuello.» I woke up with a stiff neck. - gambáo / gambá — bow-legged
«Míralo caminando ahí, con esas piernas medio gambáas.» Look at him walking there, with those bow legs. - gaviarse — to climb up
«Se gavió en la mata de mango.» He climbed up the mango tree. - jediondo / jedionda — stinking; stuck-up
«Ese tipo e' un jediondo, siempre tiene un mal olor terrible.» That guy stinks, he always smells terrible. - jinchao / jinchá — puffy, swollen
«Lo veo como jinchao de lo' ojo', parece que no durmió.» His eyes look puffy, seems like he didn't sleep. - la canilla — a skinny leg
«Mira esa canilla, tiene que comer más.» Look at that skinny leg, he needs to eat more. - la nalgá — a smack on the backside
«Le dieron una nalgá por malcriado.» He got a smack on the backside for being rude. - ñato / ñata — flat-nosed; nasal-sounding
«Habla ñato, casi no se le entiende.» He talks through his nose, you can barely understand him. - ñoco / ñoca — missing a finger or a hand
«Le dicen el ñoco porque le falta un dedo.» They call him ñoco because he's missing a finger. - alentaito / alentaita — on the mend
«¿Cómo está tu abuela? Ella ta mejor, ta alentaita.» How is your grandmother? She's better, she's on the mend. - arreguindarse — to hang off something
«El muchacho se arreguindó de la mata.» The boy hung off the tree. - decricajao / decricajá — looking like you just got up
«Tú vinite hoy decricajao, como si te acabaran de jalar de la cama.» You came in looking like you just got dragged out of bed. - empachao / empachá — stuffed, with an upset stomach
«Me comí un viaje de cangrejos y ahora toy empachao.» I ate a load of crab and now my stomach is a mess. - la faja — a wide belt, a back brace
«Ponte la faja pa' cargar eso.» Put on the belt to carry that. - la nimita — a firefly; seeing stars
«Vi nimitas cuando me di el golpe.» I saw stars when I hit my head. - revejío / revejía — stunted, small for his age
«Ese muchacho ta revejío pa' su edad.» That boy is small for his age.
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