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Dominican Spanish words: street
171 Dominican words and phrases about street, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- a cada rato — all the time
«Se va la luz a cada rato.» The power goes out all the time. - a la veldá que — honestly, truth is
«A la veldá que tú tienes razón.» Honestly, you are right. - aficie — a crush, being head over heels
«Esa muchacha tiene un aficie del diablo.» That girl has one hell of a crush. - ajumao / ajumá — drunk
«Hay que echarle agua a Nicol, ta súper ajumá.» Somebody throw water on Nicol, she's completely drunk. - allá tú — suit yourself
«Si no quieres ir, allá tú.» If you don't want to go, suit yourself. - anda pal diablo — get out of here!
«¿Que te ganaste la lotería? ¡Anda pal diablo!» You won the lottery? Get out of here! - bacano / vacano — awesome, cool
«Ese concierto tuvo bacano.» That concert was awesome. - bregar — to deal with, to handle
«Hay que bregar con lo que hay.» You have got to work with what you have got. - 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. - buscársela — to hustle, to get by
«Él se la busca vendiendo en la calle.» He gets by selling on the street. - como el diablo — like hell, super fast
«Ese motor iba como el diablo.» That motorbike was going like hell. - dame un chance — give me a chance
«Dame un chance de explicarte.» Give me a chance to explain. - dar una bola — give someone a ride
«¿Me das una bola hasta la esquina?» Can you give me a ride to the corner? - dar una vuelta — to go for a ride or a walk
«Vamo a dá una vuelta por el malecón.» Let's take a ride along the seafront. - dime / dime a ver — tell me, what's up
«—Klk. —Dime a ver.» —What's up. —Tell me. - dique — supposedly, allegedly
«Dique viene mañana, pero yo no creo.» He is supposedly coming tomorrow, but I doubt it. - dizque / dique — supposedly
«Dique se va del país.» Supposedly he's leaving the country. - el carajito / la carajita — the little kid
«Esos carajitos no se están quietos.» Those kids won't sit still. - el galletón — a hard slap
«A ese le daban un galletón si seguía hablando así.» He would have gotten a good slap if he'd kept talking like that. - el guachimán — the security guard
«Pregúntale al guachimán del edificio.» Ask the building's security guard. - 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 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. - el tiguerón — a big-time hustler
«Ese e' un tiguerón, ten cuidado.» That guy is a real hustler, be careful. - estar arrancao — to be flat broke, penniless
«Ando arrancao hasta la quincena.» I'm flat broke until payday. - estar en olla — to be broke
«Esta semana estoy en olla.» I'm broke this week. - estar quillao / estar quillá — to be mad
«Está quillá conmigo porque llegué tarde.» She is mad at me because I got in late. - estar roto — to be broke
«Toy roto hasta el viernes.» I'm broke until Friday. - 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. - jalar — to pull
«Jala esa silla pa'cá.» Pull that chair over here. - jumo — drunkenness, a buzz
«Cogió un jumo anoche.» He got wasted last night. - juntar lo cualto — to scrape the money together
«Estoy juntando lo cualto para el pasaje.» I'm scraping the money together for the ticket. - jévi — cool, nice
«Ese carro ta jévi.» That car is cool. - klk / ¿qué lo que? — what's up?
«—¡Klk, mi helmano! —Tranquilo, ¿y tú?» —What's up, bro! —Chilling, and you? - la fritura — street fried food
«Pasamos por unas frituras a la vuelta.» We'll grab some fried food on the way back. - la milonga — a thousand-peso bill
«Trae esas milonga' que te pagaron.» Bring those thousand-peso bills they paid you. - la motora — a sport motorbike
«Llegó en una motora roja, durísima.» He showed up on a red sport bike, seriously nice. - la moña — a loan, a lend
«¿Y no pensaste en pedir una moña?» And you didn't think about asking for a loan? - la papeleta — bills, cash
«Anda con la papeleta en el bolsillo.» He walks around with the cash in his pocket. - la vaina esa — that thing, that whole business
«¿Y qué pasó con la vaina esa del carro?» So what happened with that whole car thing? - mi gente — my people
«¡Saludos, mi gente!» Hey, everyone! - mi helmano / mi helmana — bro, sis
«Tranquilo, mi helmano, eso se resuelve.» Relax, bro, we'll sort it out. - mi loco — hey man, dude
«Dime, mi loco, ¿qué hay?» Yo man, what is going on? - na'quená — no two ways about it
«Na'quená, ese muchacho e' hijo de Juan, aunque lo niegue.» No two ways about it, that boy is Juan's son, even if he denies it. - ni loco — not a chance
«Yo ahí no vuelvo ni loco.» I'm not going back there, not a chance. - no bulto — no cap, for real
«Eso e' verdad, no bulto.» That's true, no cap. - quillarse — to get pissed off
«No te quille', que era un chiste.» Don't get pissed, it was a joke. - salami — lucky; thick-headed
«Ese e' salami, siempre se gana algo.» That guy is lucky, he always wins something. - sin ni uno — without a cent
«Llegué a fin de mes sin ni uno.» I got to the end of the month without a cent. - ta to / tato — ok, it's ok
«—Nos vemos a las seis. —Tato.» —See you at six. —Cool. - tirar — to call someone; to give it a go
«Tírame una llamada luego.» Give me a call later. - tíguere — street-smart guy
«Ese tíguere se sabe todas.» That guy knows every trick. - tú ta feo pa la foto — dream on, no way
«—Bro, necesito que me prestes cien dólares. —Tú ta feo pa la foto.» —Bro, I need you to lend me a hundred dollars. —Dream on. - un coro — hangout, party
«Hay un coro en casa de Juan.» There is a hangout at Juan's place. - vaina — thing, stuff
«Pásame esa vaina. / ¡Qué vaina!» Pass me that thing. / What a mess! - vamos a ver — let's see now
«Vamos a ver, ¿qué fue lo que pasó exactamente?» Let's see now, what exactly happened? - ¿tú ta claro? — you get me?
«Eso no se hace así, ¿tú ta claro?» That's not how it's done, you get me? - ¿y qué? — what's up?
«¿Y qué, cómo va la cosa?» What's up, how's it going? - a po' ta' bien — ah, fine then
«A po' ta' bien, yo me voy pa' mi casa.» Ah, fine then, I'm going home. - 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. - cacazo — a hard knock
«Se cayó y se dio tremendo cacazo.» He fell and took a hell of a knock. - carabelita — fake, knock-off
«Dame una cadena carabelita.» Give me a knock-off chain. - coger un pique — to get annoyed
«Cogió un pique porque no lo invitaron.» He got annoyed because they didn't invite him. - compai — buddy, pal
«¿Cómo va la cosa, compai?» How is it going, pal? - el cuento — the story
«Ese es el cuento que él da.» That's the story he tells. - el elevado — the overpass
«Coge el elevado para evitar el semáforo.» Take the overpass to skip the light. - el hoyo — the pothole
«Cuidado con ese hoyo.» Watch out for that pothole. - 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 mandado — an errand
«Tuve que ir al colmado a hacer un mandado.» I had to go to the colmado to run an errand. - el maquinón — a fancy car
«El motoconcho de la esquina llegó en un maquinón, parecía un jefe.» The motorbike guy from the corner showed up in a fancy car, he looked like a boss. - el trabajito — a small job
«Me salió un trabajito para el fin de semana.» A little job came up for the weekend. - eso sí — mind you
«Te ayudo. Eso sí, tiene que ser hoy.» I'll help you. Mind you, it has to be today. - estar frío — to be cool, to be square
«Tú tá frío conmigo, porque me trajite lo mango que te pedí.» - 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. - hacer bulla — to make noise, to kick up a fuss
«Hicieron bulla hasta que arreglaron la calle.» They kicked up a fuss until the street got fixed. - hacer un coro — to hang out
«Vamo a hacer un coro aquí en la marquesina.» Let's hang out tonight. - hacerse el loco — to play dumb
«Él sabía, pero se hizo el loco.» He knew, but he played dumb. - jevo / jeva — boyfriend / girlfriend
«Va a salir con su jeva.» He is going out with his girlfriend. - 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 brega — the daily grind
«Así es la brega todos los días.» That's the daily grind. - la voladora — minibus
«Voy a coger una voladora hasta Santiago.» I'm going to take a minibus to Santiago. - los calizos — flip-flops, sandals
«Ese muchacho vive descalzo, siempre anda sin calizo.» That kid lives barefoot, he's always without his flip-flops. - 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. - mi vieja / mi viejo — my mom / my dad
«Voy a ver a mi vieja el domingo.» I'm visiting my mom on Sunday. - para que tú veas — there you have it
«Y funcionó, para que tú veas.» And it worked, there you have it. - quitarse — to bounce, to get out of there
«Yo me quito, ya e' tarde.» I'm out, it's late already. - ser una vaina — to be a hassle
«Eso es una vaina, mejor lo dejamos.» That's a hassle, let's drop it. - tener la paca — to be loaded
«Ese tiene la paca, paga to' en efectivo.» That guy is loaded, he pays everything in cash. - tener labia — to have the gift of gab
«Ese tíguere tiene una labia tremenda.» That guy has serious gift of gab. - tumba eso — drop it
«Tumba eso, no quiero hablar de eso.» Drop it, I don't want to talk about that. - un tumbapolvo — a brief rain that just settles the dust
«Eso no fue lluvia, fue un tumbapolvo.» That wasn't rain, it barely settled the dust. - ¡date! — hurry up!
«¡Date, que se va la guagua!» Hurry up, the bus is leaving! - allantar — to bluff, to talk big
«No me allante, dime la verdad.» Don't bluff me, tell me the truth. - arrempujar — to shove
«Comenzó a arrempujar a to' el mundo en la fila.» He started shoving everybody in the line. - baraja eso — drop it, forget that
«Muchacho, no me hable' de esa tipa, baraja eso.» Man, don't talk to me about that girl, drop it. - bochinchero / bochinchera — gossipy
«No le cuentes nada, que es bien bochinchera.» Don't tell her anything, she's a big gossip. - chele — cent
«Estoy sin un chele.» I am flat broke. - chin a chin — little by little
«Chin a chin se aprende.» Little by little you learn. - cocotazo — knock on the head
«Si sigues así te doy un cocotazo.» Keep it up and you will get a smack on the head. - coger aire — to get some air
«Salgo un chin a coger aire.» I'm stepping out for some air. - coger playa / coger pa' la playa — to hit the beach
«El domingo vamos a coger pa' la playa.» On Sunday we're hitting the beach. - como un chele — fast as a coin drops
«Se fue como un chele.» He took off in a flash. - como una pedrá — like a thrown stone
«Acaba de pasar José en su motor, andaba como una pedrá.» José just went by on his motorbike, he was flying. - 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. - el cocote — the back of the neck
«Me duele el cocote de estar en la computadora.» The back of my neck hurts from the computer. - el contén — the curb
«Se sentó en el contén a esperar.» He sat on the curb to wait. - 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 pájaro — a whatchamacallit, a critter; (offensive) a slur for a gay man
«¿Y ese pájaro qué e'?» And what is that thing? - el reperpero — an uproar, a commotion
«Se formó un reperpero en la fiesta.» A commotion broke out at the party. - el revolú — the mess, the chaos
«Esta casa es un revolú.» This house is a mess. - el ñemazo — a hard knock
«Se dio un ñemazo en la cabeza.» He took a hard knock to the head. - en tu mente de cacaíto — only in your head
«¿Que ella te quiere? En tu mente de cacaíto.» She likes you? Only in your head. - eso ta serio — that is rough / that is great
«Eso ta serio, mi helmano.» Things are tough right now. - estar alante — to be doing well
«Ese muchacho está alante, montó su negocio.» That guy is doing well, he started his own business. - estar caliente — to be angry; to be hot right now
«Está caliente conmigo. / Ese sitio está caliente.» He's mad at me. / That place is hot right now. - estar duro — to be really good at; to be tough
«Ese muchacho está duro en matemáticas. / La cosa está dura.» That kid is really good at math. / Things are tough. - estar flojo — to be weak at something
«Ando flojo en gramática.» I'm weak on grammar. - estar salao — to be jinxed
«Ando salao esta semana, todo me sale mal.» I'm jinxed this week, everything goes wrong. - 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. - ise — to go, to leave
«Tengo que ise, que ya e' tarde.» I have to go, it's late already. - la acera — the sidewalk
«Camina por la acera, no por la calle.» Walk on the sidewalk, not the street. - la greña — messy hair
«Sal de esa greña antes de salir.» Fix that mess of hair before going out. - la pela — a spanking; a thrashing
«Si tu mamá se entera, te dan una pela.» If your mom finds out, you're in for it. - la tabaná — a wallop
«Se dio una tabaná en la cabeza.» He took a wallop to the head. - los papeles — the papers, the immigration status
«Está esperando los papeles.» He's waiting on his papers. - macar — to chew; to blow it
«Diablo, la macate con to' lo' diente'.» Man, you really blew that one. - pelarse — to slip away; to scrape yourself; to get a haircut
«Se peló antes de que llegara la policía.» He slipped away before the police got there. - quedarse en el aire — to be left hanging
«Me dijo que me avisaba y me quedé en el aire.» He said he'd let me know and left me hanging. - realengo — stray, running loose
«Ese perro es realengo, no tiene dueño.» That dog is a stray, it has no owner. - rututiando — roaming around looking for something
«Anda rututiando por ahí a ver qué consigue.» He's roaming around out there seeing what he can get. - sacar en cara — to throw something back in someone's face
«Siempre me saca en cara el favor que me hizo.» He always throws that favor back in my face. - se formó — it all kicked off
«Cuando llegó el otro, ahí se formó.» When the other guy showed up, it all kicked off. - ser agarrao — to be stingy
«No lo invites, que es bien agarrao.» Don't invite him, he's really stingy. - ¡juye! — run! hurry!
«¡Juye, ante' que llegue má' gente!» Hurry, before more people get here! - a millón — at full speed
«Ese carro va a millón.» That car is going full speed. - abimbar — to beat someone up
«La mamá de Luis lo abimbó porque llegó ajumao.» Luis's mom beat him up because he came home drunk. - 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. - brisiao — fast, in a rush
«Él empezó a bailar brisiao.» He started dancing fast. - caco — head
«Y el pobre tiene ese caco grandísimo.» And the poor guy has that huge head. - degaritarse — to storm off
«Se degaritó sin decir na'.» He took off without saying a word. - deguabinao — worn out, floppy
«Estoy deguabinao con este calor.» This heat has me wiped out. - el aguaje — a bluff, all show
«Eso es puro aguaje, él no tiene nada.» That's all bluff, he's got nothing. - el fantasmeo — showing off
«Deja el fantasmeo, que te conocen.» Quit showing off, people know you. - el fuetazo — a hard blow
«Le dieron un fuetazo en la cabeza.» They gave him a hard blow to the head. - emburujarse — to get into a fight
«Se emburujaron en plena calle.» They got into a fight right in the street. - fantasmear — to show off
«Salió a fantasmear con el carro nuevo.» He went out showing off the new car. - gaviarse — to climb up
«Se gavió en la mata de mango.» He climbed up the mango tree. - la ficha — a police record
«Ese tiene ficha.» That guy's got a record. - nananina — absolutely nothing
«Busqué por toda la casa y nananina.» I looked all over the house and absolutely nothing. - pelú — hairy; tough to get
«Ta pelú conseguir asiento pa' ese concierto.» It's tough to get a seat for that concert. - ponerse alante — to start getting ahead
«Este año me voy a poner alante.» This year I'm going to get ahead. - quedar en na — to come to nothing
«Ese proyecto quedó en na.» That project came to nothing. - sapatear — to bolt; to kick (a gun)
«Sapateó antes de que lo vieran.» He bolted before they saw him. - 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. - subirle los vidrios — to roll the windows up on someone
«Me subió lo' vidrio'.» He rolled the windows up on me. - a la brigandina — any old way, sloppily
«Ese ingeniero construyó esa casa a la brigandina.» That engineer built that house any old way. - agolpiá — to beat up
«Voy a agolpiá a Miguel si sigue así.» I'm going to beat up Miguel if he keeps that up. - arreguindarse — to hang off something
«El muchacho se arreguindó de la mata.» The boy hung off the tree. - brechador / brechadora — a peeper
«En el gym un hombre taba brechando a una chica, e un brechador.» - el trote — the daily rush
«Ando en el trote desde la mañana.» I've been on the run since morning. - enchivao / enchivá — stuck
«El carro ta enchivao en el lodo.» The car is stuck in the mud.
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