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Dominican Spanish words: places
26 Dominican words and phrases about places, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- capitaleño — from Santo Domingo
«Él es capitaleño, vive en la Zona.» He's from the capital, he lives in the Colonial Zone. - colmado — corner store
«Voy al colmado a buscar huevos.» I am going to the corner store for eggs. - el barrio — the neighborhood
«Yo me crié en el barrio.» I grew up in the barrio. - el callejón — the alley
«Vive en el callejón de atrás.» He lives in the alley round the back. - el comedor — small cheap eatery
«Almuerzo en un comedor cerca del trabajo.» I eat lunch at a little place near work. - el malecón — the seafront promenade
«Nos vemos en el malecón.» See you on the seafront. - el monte — the bush, the countryside
«Solamente a ti se te puede ocurrir comprar un solar en el monte.» Only you would think of buying a lot out in the bush. - el parador — a roadside stop
«Paramos en un parador a comer.» We stopped at a roadside place to eat. - la bomba — the gas station
«Queda frente a la bomba.» It's across from the gas station. - la clínica — the private clinic
«Lo llevan a la clínica ahora mismo.» They're taking him to the clinic right now. - el negocio — a shop, a place of business
«Ese negocio abre a las siete.» That shop opens at seven. - pa'bajo — downward, down that way
«Sigue pa'bajo hasta la esquina.» Keep going down to the corner. - Nuevayol — New York
«Mi tío vive en Nuevayol.» My uncle lives in New York. - a la vera — right next to
«Yo taba a la vera de la acera.» I was right next to the sidewalk. - alante — ahead, in front
«Nos vemo' mañana alante del colmado.» See you tomorrow in front of the colmado. - el batey — a sugar-mill settlement
«Se crió en un batey de San Pedro.» He grew up in a batey near San Pedro. - el colmadón — corner store turned bar
«El viernes hay ambiente en el colmadón.» Friday nights the colmadón gets going. - el play — the ballfield
«Los muchachos están en el play.» The kids are at the ballfield. - el solar — an empty lot
«Juegan pelota en el solar de la esquina.» They play ball in the empty lot on the corner. - la banca — the betting shop
«Queda al lado de la banca.» It's next to the betting shop. - la finca — a country property, a farm
«Vamo' pa' la finca el domingo.» We're going to the country place on Sunday. - nublao — packed
«El colmadón taba nublao anoche.» The colmadón was packed last night. - nublarse — to fill up with people
«Eso se nubla los domingos.» That place fills up on Sundays. - sureño — from the south
«La comida sureña es distinta.» Southern food is different. - una villa — a country house
«Pasamos el fin de semana en una villa.» We spent the weekend at a country house. - el gatadero — a stinking dump
«Ese colmado e' tremendo gatadero.» That colmado is a real dump.
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