Dominican Spanish words: people

• bultero / bultera — all talk, a big mouth
  «Tú sí ere' bultero, dijiste que me ibas a traer unos zapatos y no me trajiste na'.» You're all talk, you said you'd bring me shoes and you brought me nothing.
• don / doña — sir / ma'am
  «Buenas, doña Ana, ¿está don Pedro?» Hello Doña Ana, is Don Pedro in?
• el guaremate — a nobody, a small-time guy
  «Ese e' un guaremate, no le haga' caso.» That guy's a nobody, don't pay attention to him.
• el muchacho / la muchacha — guy / girl
  «Esa muchacha trabaja en el banco.» That girl works at the bank.
• el mujerón — a stunning, serious woman
  «Ese sí tiene un mujerón, siempre anda elegante.» He's got himself a stunning woman, she's always elegant.
• el tiguerón — a big-time hustler
  «Ese e' un tiguerón, ten cuidado.» That guy is a real hustler, be careful.
• freco / freca — cheeky; a joker with no filter
  «¡Qué freco! Se metió sin pedir permiso.» What a cheeky guy! He came in without asking.
• hablador / habladora — a big talker
  «Hablador ere tú, que no para de inventá.»
• hacer bulto — to make a scene, to make noise about yourself
  «El tipo estaba haciendo bulto con su guagua nueva y ni siquiera era de él.» The guy was making a big deal about his new van and it wasn't even his.
• jabladol — liar (street pronunciation of jablador)
  «Ese jabladol dice que conoce al presidente.» That liar says he knows the president.
• jablador — liar, big talker
  «No le creas, ese es un jablador.» Do not believe him, he is all talk.
• salami — lucky; thick-headed
  «Ese e' salami, siempre se gana algo.» That guy is lucky, he always wins something.
• ser buena gente — to be a good person
  «Ese muchacho es buena gente.» That guy is good people.
• tíguere — street-smart guy
  «Ese tíguere se sabe todas.» That guy knows every trick.
• agallú — greedy
  «Manuel se comió toda la pizza, ese agallú.» Manuel ate the whole pizza, that greedy guy.
• aguajero — a bluffer
  «Ese es un aguajero, nadie le cree nada.» He is all talk, nobody believes a word he says.
• azaroso — troublemaker; a sour, unhappy person
  «No invite a ese, que e azaroso.» Do not invite that one, he is a troublemaker.
• bobolongo — a big fool
  «Ese bobolongo cree que engaña a to' el mundo.» That fool thinks he's fooling everybody.
• 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.
• charlatán / charlatana — a con artist, a fast talker
  «No le compre' a ese charlatán.» Don't buy from that fast talker.
• el jevito / la jevita — a sharp-dressed young guy
  «Mira a fulano por ahí, el jevito del barrio, siempre con su camisa metía.» Look at that guy, the sharp kid of the neighborhood, always with his shirt tucked in.
• el mangue — a situationship
  «Eso no e' novio, eso e' un mangue.» That's not a boyfriend, that's a situationship.
• jaragán / jaragana — lazy, a slacker
  «¿Y tú viste cómo la vecina anda ahí, to' jaragana? Ni trabaja ni estudia.» Did you see the neighbor there, being a total slacker? She doesn't work or study.
• juchar — to egg on, to sic on
  «No me juche, que yo no quiero problema.» Don't egg me on, I don't want trouble.
• la jabladuría — tall tales, gossip
  «Dejen su jabladuría.» Cut out the tall tales.
• mangansón — big lazy lump, grown-up slacker
  «Ese mangansón tiene treinta años y todavía vive de su mamá.» That big lazy lump is thirty and still lives off his mom.
• papelero / papelera — two-faced
  «Ese e' papelero con el jefe.» That guy is two-faced with the boss.
• pariguayo — sucker, wallflower
  «No seas pariguayo, invítala a bailar.» Do not be a wimp, ask her to dance.
• quedao / quedá — behind the times; left on the shelf
  «Tú ta quedao, eso ya nadie lo usa.» You're behind the times, nobody uses that anymore.
• salado / salada — unlucky, jinxed
  «Toy salado, todo me sale mal.» I'm jinxed, everything goes wrong for me.
• tener labia — to have the gift of gab
  «Ese tíguere tiene una labia tremenda.» That guy has serious gift of gab.
• un ñame — a yam; a huge one; a dunce
  «Se comió un ñame.» He ate a whole yam.
• acechar — to spy on, to keep an eye on
  «Tengo que acechar a la vecina nueva.» I have to keep an eye on the new neighbor.
• allantar — to bluff, to talk big
  «No me allante, dime la verdad.» Don't bluff me, tell me the truth.
• bochinchero / bochinchera — gossipy
  «No le cuentes nada, que es bien bochinchera.» Don't tell her anything, she's a big gossip.
• 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.
• comparón / comparona — stuck-up
  «El tipo estaba creído, comparón, como si fuera rico.» The guy was full of himself, stuck-up, as if he were rich.
• desacatáo / desacatá — out of control, wild
  «Ese muchacho anda desacatáo.» That boy is running wild.
• dársela en — to fancy oneself as
  «Martín se la da en filósofo, siempre habla de figuras griegas.» Martín fancies himself a philosopher, he's always talking about Greek figures.
• el campesino — a country person, farmer
  «Los campesinos bajan al pueblo los sábados.» The country folk come down to town on Saturdays.
• 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 nacío — a boil; a rotten person
  «Le salió un nacío en el brazo.» He got a boil on his arm.
• el panafúl — your closest buddy
  «Ese e' mi panafúl dede chiquito.» That's my closest buddy since we were kids.
• el papichulo — a pretty boy
  «Ahí viene el papichulo del barrio.» Here comes the neighborhood pretty boy.
• el pelagato — a nobody, a broke chancer
  «Ese pelagato no tiene ni pa'l concho.» That nobody doesn't even have money for the bus.
• el tolete — a heavy hitter
  «Ese muchacho e' un tolete pa'l trabajo.» That guy is a heavy hitter at work.
• emperrao / emperrá — crazy about someone
  «Ese tipo ta emperrao de esa mujer.» That guy is crazy about that woman.
• estar alante — to be doing well
  «Ese muchacho está alante, montó su negocio.» That guy is doing well, he started his own business.
• gallito — cocky, quick to fight
  «Ese tipo e' un gallito: le dicen una vainita y ya quiere responder mal.» That guy is cocky: say one little thing and he's ready to snap back.
• guillao / guillá — stuck-up, showing off
  «Anda guillao desde que compró el carro.» He has been showing off since he bought the car.
• gustanini — someone who fancies himself
  «Ese e' un gustanini, se mira en to' los cristales.» That guy fancies himself, he checks himself out in every window.
• haragán / haragana — lazy
  «No sea' haragán, levántate.» Don't be lazy, get up.
• infelí — a poor soul; harmless
  «No te preocupe, ese tipo e un infelí y no se va a aprovechá de ti.»
• intrometío / intrometido — nosy, meddling
  «¡Intrometía! Siempre se mete donde no la llaman.» Nosy! She always gets into things she isn't called for.
• involucrar — to get someone involved
  «José ta involucrao con María.» José is involved with María.
• jabao / jabá — light-skinned with African features
  «El jabao que vive en la casa má' pa' arriba.» The light-skinned guy who lives in the house further up.
• la juntilla — the crew, the usual gang
  «Ahí viene la juntilla de siempre.» Here comes the usual crew.
• la juntiña — the crew
  «Tú siempre ta en esa juntiña con lo' tíguere', jangueando.» You're always with that crew of guys, hanging out.
• la ñoñería — fussiness, being coddled
  «Deja esa ñoñería y come.» Drop the fussiness and eat.
• labioso / labiosa — smooth-talking
  «Ese e' bien labioso, no le crea' na'.» That guy is a smooth talker, don't believe a thing.
• lambón / lambona — a brown-noser; a freeloader
  «Ese lambón se pasa alabando al jefe.» That brown-noser spends the day praising the boss.
• malapalabroso / malapalabrosa — foul-mouthed
  «Ese tíguere e' medio malcriado y malapalabroso.» That guy is a bit rude and foul-mouthed.
• malcriado / malcriada — rude, badly brought up
  «No sea' malcriado con tu abuela.» Don't be rude to your grandmother.
• 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.
• malváo / malvá — wicked; cheeky
  «¡Qué malváo!» What a devil!
• manso — mellow, gentle
  «Ese perro es manso, no muerde.» That dog is gentle, it doesn't bite.
• pasáo / pasá — out of line
  «Nicol ta pasá, me dijo que cuide a mi sobrino un fin de semana.» Nicol is out of line, she told me to watch my nephew for a whole weekend.
• peláo / pelá — shaved; bare; single
  «Se cortó el pelo bien peláo.» He cut his hair really short.
• recostado / recostada — a freeloader; lying down
  «Ese vive recostado de la mamá.» That guy lives off his mother.
• regueretoso / regueretosa — messy, careless
  «Ese muchacho e' regueretoso, deja to' tirado.» That kid is messy, he leaves everything lying around.
• saltapatrá — a joke of a person
  «No sea' saltapatrá.» Don't be ridiculous.
• tolloso / tollosa — solid, well put together
  «Ese profesor e' tolloso.» That teacher is solid.
• agentao / agentá — a poser, someone who acts important
  «Esa e' una agentá: dice que trabaja en una oficina, pero nunca sale.» She's a poser: she says she works in an office, but she never goes out.
• arrebatao — out of his mind
  «Ese tipo ta como arrebatao, se puso a discutir con el seguridad.» That guy is out of his mind, he started arguing with the security guard.
• arrematao — completely nuts
  «Ese Juancito salió arrematao, quería agolpiá a to' el mundo.» That Juancito came out completely nuts, he wanted to fight everybody.
• arretao — daring, ballsy
  «Tú ere' arretao, le hablaste al jefe así.» You're ballsy, talking to the boss like that.
• brechar — to peep, to watch on the sly
  «Deja de brechar por la ventana.» Stop peeping out the window.
• canillú / canillúa — skinny-legged
  «No le diga' canillú, que se pone bravo.» Don't call him skinny-legs, he gets mad.
• cheposo / cheposa — lucky
  «¡Qué cheposo!»
• 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.
• el aguaje — a bluff, all show
  «Eso es puro aguaje, él no tiene nada.» That's all bluff, he's got nothing.
• el embulle — a fling, a casual thing
  «Tengo un embulle con una muchacha.» I've got a thing going with a girl.
• el fantasmeo — showing off
  «Deja el fantasmeo, que te conocen.» Quit showing off, people know you.
• encaquetarse — to throw on, to wear something new
  «Se encaquetó una camisa nueva.» He threw on a new shirt.
• entremetío / entremetía — nosy
  «No sea' entremetío, eso no e' tuyo.» Don't be nosy, that's not your business.
• estar enredao — to be seeing someone casually
  «Ella ta enredá con un tipo del barrio.» She's seeing a guy from the neighborhood.
• fajarse — to go all in on something
  «Pedro ta fajao con la universidad, ya no duerme ni de día ni de noche.» Pedro is going all in on college, he doesn't sleep day or night.
• fantasmear — to show off
  «Salió a fantasmear con el carro nuevo.» He went out showing off the new car.
• fiebrar — to be obsessed with something new
  «Ta fiebrando con el celular nuevo.» He can't put down his new phone.
• jediondo / jedionda — stinking; stuck-up
  «Ese tipo e' un jediondo, siempre tiene un mal olor terrible.» That guy stinks, he always smells terrible.
• la ficha — a police record
  «Ese tiene ficha.» That guy's got a record.
• liáo / liá — tangled up, in debt
  «Toy liáo con el banco.» I'm tangled up with the bank.
• malafé — bad-faith, mean-spirited
  «Yo no confío en gente de malafé así.» I don't trust people that mean-spirited.
• maldaóso / maldaósa — mischievous, spiteful
  «Y también e' maldaóso, le gusta hacerle maldad a la gente.» And he's spiteful too, he likes doing people wrong.
• matatán / matatana — the top dog
  «En la cocina, mi mamá es la matatana.» In the kitchen, my mom is the boss.
• metío / metía — nosy
  «Ayer vi a tu tía. Tremenda metía.» I saw your aunt yesterday. Total busybody.
• organizarse — to settle down
  «Ellos se organizaron el año pasado.» They moved in together last year.
• ser lengua larga — to have a big mouth
  «No le digas, que es lengua larga.» Don't tell him, he's got a big mouth.
• tapar — to cover up
  «No lo tape', que él sabe lo que hizo.» Don't cover for him, he knows what he did.
• 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.
• brechador / brechadora — a peeper
  «En el gym un hombre taba brechando a una chica, e un brechador.»
• 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.
• depotricar — to badmouth
  «Se pasó la tarde depotricando del jefe.» He spent the afternoon badmouthing the boss.
• el decricaje — a state of disarray
  «María ta en decricaje, parece que no ha visto agua en tres días.» María is a mess, she looks like she hasn't seen water in three days.
• el enrede — a casual thing
  «Ellos tienen un enrede.» They've got a casual thing going.
• figurear — to be seen, to pose
  «Fue pa'llá nada má' a figurear.» He only went over there to be seen.
• 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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