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79 Dominican words and phrases about conversation, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- anda pal diablo — get out of here!
«¿Que te ganaste la lotería? ¡Anda pal diablo!» You won the lottery? Get out of here! - dizque / dique — supposedly
«Dique se va del país.» Supposedly he's leaving the country. - el disparate — nonsense, junk
«Eso que tú dice' e' un disparate.» What you're saying is nonsense. - el lío — trouble, a mess
«Comida buena, bebida fría y cero lío.» Good food, cold drinks and zero trouble. - el reguero — a mess
«Recoge ese reguero.» Pick up that mess. - hablador / habladora — a big talker
«Hablador ere tú, que no para de inventá.» - mi amor / mi vida — sweetie (to strangers)
«Dime, mi amor, ¿qué te sirvo?» Tell me, sweetie, what can I get you? - na' — nothing
«No pasó na'.» Nothing happened. - na'quená — no two ways about it
«Na'quená, ese muchacho e' hijo de Juan, aunque lo niegue.» No two ways about it, that boy is Juan's son, even if he denies it. - no bulto — no cap, for real
«Eso e' verdad, no bulto.» That's true, no cap. - ombe — man! come on!
«No, ombe, ¿y eso ta bien?» Come on, man, is that all right? - pa'dónde — where to
«¿Pa'dónde tú va'?» Where are you going? - pérate — hold on, wait
«Pérate ahí, ya voy.» Hold on there, I'm coming. - ta to / tato — ok, it's ok
«—Nos vemos a las seis. —Tato.» —See you at six. —Cool. - taba — was (from «estaba»)
«Yo taba en la casa.» I was at home. - tirar — to call someone; to give it a go
«Tírame una llamada luego.» Give me a call later. - tá — is (from «está»)
«Eso tá bien.» That's fine. - tú ta feo pa la foto — dream on, no way
«—Bro, necesito que me prestes cien dólares. —Tú ta feo pa la foto.» —Bro, I need you to lend me a hundred dollars. —Dream on. - ya tú sabe — you already know
«Llegamos tarde, ya tú sabe.» We got there late, you know how it is. - ¡qué va! — no way!
«—¿Tú vas a ir? —¡Qué va!» —Are you going? —No way! - ¿tú ta claro? — you get me?
«Eso no se hace así, ¿tú ta claro?» That's not how it's done, you get me? - a po' ta' bien — ah, fine then
«A po' ta' bien, yo me voy pa' mi casa.» Ah, fine then, I'm going home. - arrecordarse — to remember
«¿Tú te arrecuerda' de aquel día?» Do you remember that day? - el bochinche — gossip
«Aquí lo que hay es bochinche.» There's nothing but gossip around here. - el cuento — the story
«Ese es el cuento que él da.» That's the story he tells. - estar frío — to be cool, to be square
«Tú tá frío conmigo, porque me trajite lo mango que te pedí.» - imagínate — can you imagine
«Imagínate, a la vecina le robaron todo.» Can you imagine, they robbed the neighbor of everything. - jariniando — drizzling
«Ahora mismo ta jariniando y yo no toy en na'.» Right now it's drizzling and I'm not doing anything. - la jabladuría — tall tales, gossip
«Dejen su jabladuría.» Cut out the tall tales. - la tanda — a showing; an earful
«Me echó una tanda por llegar tarde.» She gave me an earful for being late. - la tardesita — late afternoon
«Nos vemo' en la tardesita.» See you in the late afternoon. - quitarse — to bounce, to get out of there
«Yo me quito, ya e' tarde.» I'm out, it's late already. - regarse — to blow up; to spread
«Se regó cuando le dijeron la verdad.» He blew up when they told him the truth. - trapear — to mop; to wipe the floor with someone
«Hay que trapear la cocina.» The kitchen needs mopping. - tumba eso — drop it
«Tumba eso, no quiero hablar de eso.» Drop it, I don't want to talk about that. - unjú — uh-huh
«¿Tú viene' mañana? —Unjú.» Are you coming tomorrow? —Uh-huh. - ¡date! — hurry up!
«¡Date, que se va la guagua!» Hurry up, the bus is leaving! - ¡mierquina! — shoot! (softened swear)
«Mierquina, mejor vámonos pa'l monte más tarde a coger aire.» Shoot, let's head out to the country later to get some air. - ¡miércole! — shoot! (softened swear)
«¡Miércole, qué duro!» Shoot, that's rough! - ¡ofréscome! — good heavens!
«¡Ofréscome! ¿Y eso cómo pasó?» Good heavens! How did that happen? - andá — oh no, wow
«Se murió María. —Andá, ¿y cómo se murió?» Maria died. —Oh no, how did she die? - baraja eso — drop it, forget that
«Muchacho, no me hable' de esa tipa, baraja eso.» Man, don't talk to me about that girl, drop it. - bueeeno — weeell…
«Bueeeno, yo no sé, pero la vi con otro tipo.» Weeell, I don't know, but I saw her with another guy. - casimente — almost, any minute now
«Casimente le gana.» He almost beats him. - dársela a alguien — to give someone credit
«Yo se la doy a María, ella cocina muy bien.» I give it to María, she cooks very well. - el guto — pleasure, taste
«Con mucho guto.» With pleasure. - el pájaro — a whatchamacallit, a critter; (offensive) a slur for a gay man
«¿Y ese pájaro qué e'?» And what is that thing? - en tu mente de cacaíto — only in your head
«¿Que ella te quiere? En tu mente de cacaíto.» She likes you? Only in your head. - igualitico / igualitica — exactly the same
«Ese Carlos e' igualitico a un primo mío.» That Carlos is exactly like a cousin of mine. - igualito / igualita — just the same
«Igualito en la actitud.» Just the same in attitude. - involucrar — to get someone involved
«José ta involucrao con María.» José is involved with María. - jariniar — to drizzle; to give barely anything
«Empezó a jariniar temprano.» It started drizzling early. - labioso / labiosa — smooth-talking
«Ese e' bien labioso, no le crea' na'.» That guy is a smooth talker, don't believe a thing. - lucirse — to shine, to outdo yourself
«Guau, María, te la lucite con tu traje, tá muy bonito.» - malapalabroso / malapalabrosa — foul-mouthed
«Ese tíguere e' medio malcriado y malapalabroso.» That guy is a bit rude and foul-mouthed. - malváo / malvá — wicked; cheeky
«¡Qué malváo!» What a devil! - quedarse en el aire — to be left hanging
«Me dijo que me avisaba y me quedé en el aire.» He said he'd let me know and left me hanging. - tocar — to play music; to be someone's turn
«Toca esa canción otra ve.» Play that song again. - ¡che! — ew! yuck!
«¡Che! ¿Y eso qué e'?» Ew! What is that? - ¡fo! — ugh! (that stinks)
«¡Fo! ¿Qué e' ese bajo?» Ugh! What is that stink? - ¡güáy! — ow! oh!
«¡Güáy, mamá!» Ow, mom! - ¡juye! — run! hurry!
«¡Juye, ante' que llegue má' gente!» Hurry, before more people get here! - apota — I bet
«Apota que no va a llover.» I bet it's not going to rain. - dar carpeta — to pester
«Ese niño sí da carpeta.» That kid really pesters you. - dar cuerda — to wind someone up
«No le des cuerda, que se pone bravo.» Don't wind him up, he gets mad. - de chepa — by pure luck
«No tengo que ir al trabajo, de chepa.» I don't have to go to work, by pure luck. - desacreditar — to talk someone down
«No desacredite' a la muchacha, que ella sabe.» Don't talk that girl down, she knows her stuff. - despotricar — to rant about someone
«Empezó a despotricar de todo el mundo.» He started ranting about everybody. - fiti fiti — fifty-fifty
«Lo pagamo' fiti fiti.» We'll pay for it fifty-fifty. - la chepa — a lucky break
«¡Qué chepa!» What luck! - la gabela — a head start, an edge
«En el dominó le dieron gabela y como quiera perdió.» In dominoes they gave him a head start and he lost anyway. - namá — just, only
«Dame uno namá.» Give me just one. - nananina — absolutely nothing
«Busqué por toda la casa y nananina.» I looked all over the house and absolutely nothing. - nomá — only, that's all
«Vine a saludar nomá.» I just came to say hi, that's all. - sacar — to hatch, to put out, to pull out
«Mamá, ven a ver que la gallina acaba de sacar.» Mom, come see, the hen just hatched her chicks. - subirle los vidrios — to roll the windows up on someone
«Me subió lo' vidrio'.» He rolled the windows up on me. - tapar — to cover up
«No lo tape', que él sabe lo que hizo.» Don't cover for him, he knows what he did. - ¡guácala! — yuck!
«¡Guácala! Eso ta dañao.» Yuck! That's gone bad. - depotricar — to badmouth
«Se pasó la tarde depotricando del jefe.» He spent the afternoon badmouthing the boss.
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