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Dominican Spanish words: emotions
28 Dominican words and phrases about emotions, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- aficie — a crush, being head over heels
«Esa muchacha tiene un aficie del diablo.» That girl has one hell of a crush. - coger lucha — to stress out
«No cojas lucha con eso, se resuelve.» Don't stress about that, it'll work out. - dar pena — to be embarrassing
«Me da pena pedirle eso.» I'm embarrassed to ask him that. - dar rabia — to make you mad
«Me da rabia que no avisen.» It makes me mad that they don't let you know. - el quille — the anger, a temper
«Tengo un quille que si me puyan no boto ni agua.» I'm so angry that if you poke me nothing comes out. - estar quillao / estar quillá — to be mad
«Está quillá conmigo porque llegué tarde.» She is mad at me because I got in late. - ponerse bravo — to get angry
«No te pongas bravo, era una broma.» Don't get mad, it was a joke. - quillarse — to get pissed off
«No te quille', que era un chiste.» Don't get pissed, it was a joke. - ¡ay, Dios mío! — oh my God!
«¡Ay, Dios mío, se fue la luz otra vez!» Oh my God, the power went out again! - boche — a public telling-off
«Ese niño estaba molestando y le di un boche.» That kid was messing around and I gave him a telling-off. - coger un pique — to get annoyed
«Cogió un pique porque no lo invitaron.» He got annoyed because they didn't invite him. - el mangue — a situationship
«Eso no e' novio, eso e' un mangue.» That's not a boyfriend, that's a situationship. - estar fuñido — to be in a bad spot
«Con esa deuda está fuñido.» With that debt he's in a bad spot. - fuñir — to annoy, to bug
«Deja de fuñir, que estoy trabajando.» Stop bugging me, I'm working. - regarse — to blow up; to spread
«Se regó cuando le dijeron la verdad.» He blew up when they told him the truth. - relajáo / relajá — relaxed, easy
«Toy relajáo, no hay apuro.» I'm relaxed, there's no rush. - emperrao / emperrá — crazy about someone
«Ese tipo ta emperrao de esa mujer.» That guy is crazy about that woman. - jartarse — to get fed up
«Me jarté de esperar.» I got fed up with waiting. - jarto / jarta — full; fed up
«Toy jarto de comida.» I'm stuffed. - la regá — blowing up at someone
«Me di una regá que tuvieron que buscarme los papeles de inmediato.» I blew up so badly they got me the papers right away. - quedarse frisao — to freeze up
«Me quedé frisao cuando la vi.» I froze when I saw her. - regado / regada — furious
«Ta regado con lo que pasó.» He's furious about what happened. - degaritarse — to storm off
«Se degaritó sin decir na'.» He took off without saying a word. - el embulle — a fling, a casual thing
«Tengo un embulle con una muchacha.» I've got a thing going with a girl. - 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. - embullarse — to get into something
«Pedro ta de lo má' embullao con su trabajito nuevo.» Pedro is really into his new little job. - estar enredao — to be seeing someone casually
«Ella ta enredá con un tipo del barrio.» She's seeing a guy from the neighborhood. - el enrede — a casual thing
«Ellos tienen un enrede.» They've got a casual thing going.
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