Dominican Spanish words: pronunciation

• cibaeño — from the Cibao region
  «Se le nota el acento cibaeño.» You can hear his Cibao accent.
• na' — nothing
  «No pasó na'.» Nothing happened.
• 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?
• pa'llá / pa'cá — over there / over here
  «Muévete pa'llá un chin.» Move over there a bit.
• pérate — hold on, wait
  «Pérate ahí, ya voy.» Hold on there, I'm coming.
• taba — was (from «estaba»)
  «Yo taba en la casa.» I was at home.
• tá — is (from «está»)
  «Eso tá bien.» That's fine.
• ya tú sabe — you already know
  «Llegamos tarde, ya tú sabe.» We got there late, you know how it is.
• ¿cómo tú ta? — how are you?
  «¡Klk! ¿Cómo tú ta?» Hey! How are you?
• ¿de dónde tú ere? — where are you from?
  «¿Y de dónde tú ere, del Cibao?» So where are you from, the Cibao?
• el mangó — the mango
  «Esa mata de mangó da todo el año.» That mango tree produces all year.
• el safacón — the trash can
  «Bota eso en el safacón.» Throw that in the trash can.
• forsar — to force
  «No forse' la puerta, que se rompe.» Don't force the door, it'll break.
• jallar — to find
  «Si yo me jallo una cartera llena de billetes, se la devuelvo a su dueño.» If I find a wallet full of bills, I give it back to its owner.
• 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.
• pa'bajo — downward, down that way
  «Sigue pa'bajo hasta la esquina.» Keep going down to the corner.
• pa'tá — to be, so as to be
  «Eso e' pa'tá tranquilo.» That's for being at peace.
• relajáo / relajá — relaxed, easy
  «Toy relajáo, no hay apuro.» I'm relaxed, there's no rush.
• ta mareao — to feel dizzy
  «Ando mareao dede eta mañana.» I've been dizzy since this morning.
• alante — ahead, in front
  «Nos vemo' mañana alante del colmado.» See you tomorrow in front of the colmado.
• el guto — pleasure, taste
  «Con mucho guto.» With pleasure.
• güele — it smells
  «Eso güele a comida.» That smells like food.
• intrometío / intrometido — nosy, meddling
  «¡Intrometía! Siempre se mete donde no la llaman.» Nosy! She always gets into things she isn't called for.
• ise — to go, to leave
  «Tengo que ise, que ya e' tarde.» I have to go, it's late already.
• jartarse — to get fed up
  «Me jarté de esperar.» I got fed up with waiting.
• la narí — nose
  «Se dio un golpe en la narí.» He hit his nose.
• pegáo / pegá — stuck; a hit
  «Esa canción ta pegá.» That song is a hit.
• ueler — to smell
  «Eso empieza a uelé mal.» That's starting to smell bad.
• despotricar — to rant about someone
  «Empezó a despotricar de todo el mundo.» He started ranting about everybody.
• el tablazo — a hard whack
  «Sonó un tablazo en la cocina.» There was a loud whack in the kitchen.
• estar entumío — to be stiff, numb
  «Amanecí entumío del cuello.» I woke up with a stiff neck.
• namá — just, only
  «Dame uno namá.» Give me just one.
• nomá — only, that's all
  «Vine a saludar nomá.» I just came to say hi, that's all.
• enchuflar — to plug in
  «Enchufla el abanico, que hace calor.» Plug in the fan, it's hot.
• ruyendo — gnawing
  «El perro ta ruyendo un hueso.» The dog is gnawing a bone.

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