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Dominican Spanish words: family
21 Dominican words and phrases about family, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- bendición — blessing (a greeting to elders)
«—¡Bendición, mami! —Dios te bendiga.» —Blessing, mom! —God bless you. - el carajito / la carajita — the little kid
«Esos carajitos no se están quietos.» Those kids won't sit still. - el muchachito — little boy
«Ese muchachito es igualito al papá.» That little boy looks just like his dad. - el padrino / la madrina — godfather / godmother
«Mi madrina es como una segunda mamá.» My godmother is like a second mom. - mi'jo / mi'ja — my boy / my girl
«Ven acá, mi'ja.» Come here, sweetie. - los muñequitos — cartoons
«Después prendemos los muñequitos pa' relajarnos.» Later we'll put on cartoons to relax. - mi vieja / mi viejo — my mom / my dad
«Voy a ver a mi vieja el domingo.» I'm visiting my mom on Sunday. - pá — dad
«Pá, ¿tú vienes hoy?» Dad, are you coming today? - añoñar — to spoil (a child)
«Mi mai me tiene añoñao.» My mom has me spoiled. - chichí — baby
«¡Qué lindo ese chichí!» What a cute baby! - compai — close family friend
«Ahí viene mi comai con los muchachos.» Here comes my comadre with the kids. - el chamaquito / la chamaquita — a little kid
«Ese chamaquito no se queda quieto.» That little kid won't stay still. - el marío — the husband, the partner
«El marío de ella iba atrás, agarra'o como que era su chofer.» Her man was in the back, hanging on like he was her driver. - 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. - la ñoñería — fussiness, being coddled
«Deja esa ñoñería y come.» Drop the fussiness and eat. - malcriado / malcriada — rude, badly brought up
«No sea' malcriado con tu abuela.» Don't be rude to your grandmother. - recostado / recostada — a freeloader; lying down
«Ese vive recostado de la mamá.» That guy lives off his mother. - fuetiar — to whip
«Si sigue así lo van a fuetiar.» If he keeps that up they're going to whip him. - la nalgá — a smack on the backside
«Le dieron una nalgá por malcriado.» He got a smack on the backside for being rude. - organizarse — to settle down
«Ellos se organizaron el año pasado.» They moved in together last year. - 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.
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