• Emparchao-when the stomach hurts from indigestion
  • Emperchado-someone that dresses in the high fashion of the time
  • Enchivao-clogged
  • Enchulao-to be in love
  • Enchumbao-to be full of it; I am all wet, used to refer to wet shoes after a rain
  • Enculillarse-to have a bad itch
  • Enjaretar-(verb) gorge on food, when your really hungry this is what you do.
  • Eringarse-(verb) describes the Dominican way of borrowing money, spending it, borrowing more without paying it back.
  • Escrines-screens
  • Esprie-Sprite (the soda)
  • Galillo - person with a loud voice
  • Gallina - chicken, a person that's afraid
  • Gato - cat, a robber
  • Gase - burp,belch,gas
  • glu-glu - like saying chug-chug in English; the sound one makes when drinking.
  • Gotea - to fall
  • Grajo - armpit odor, underarm stink, B O
  • Grillo - woman of ill repute, uses you then leaves you, usually has bad hair
  • Guachiman - watchman, private guard
  • Guagua - privately owned mini-van used as transportation
  • Guapo - Angry, mad or tough (in Spain Spanish Guapo (a) is handsome (beautiful) - un Guapo us a tough guy
  • ¡ Güay ! - an expression meaning WoW!
  • ¡Guay mi Mai! - An expressing meaning pain
  • Gueje, gueje - ridicule
  • Güira - metal instrument that is made of perforated metal and scrapped
  • Caballo - person similar to a tigre but a little more decent
  • Cabron - a large male goat,also means displeased
  • Cacaito - candy
  • Cacata - tarantula-type spider, bad woman (more on a cacata/tarantula and a picture)
  • Cacharra - a vehicle in bad shape
  • Cachu - when you can do something fast and not complicated, easy for you "Cocinar arroz es cachu para el dominicano"
  • Caco - head
  • Cacú - someone with a large head
  • Cajeta - bag, can have many meanings depending on the context
  • Can - Celebration or party
  • Canillas - skinny legs
  • Canoa - canoe
  • Carajito,Carajita - child
  • Carey - tortoise shell
  • Carro - car (coche)
  • Carro Publicos - public taxis (more on transportation)
  • Chepa - (used much in the Cibao region) luck
  • Cepillo - an old volksweign
  • Champola - a drink made of guanábana and milk.
  • Champú - Shampoo
  • Chancleta - flip flop, sandal
  • Checkear - to check, investigate
  • Chele - Centavo, penny
  • Chepa - stroke of luck,"que chepa!"Que Cheposo!"-"what luck"
  • Cherchar - to talk in an animated way. Came from people gathering after church
  • Chichí - a baby boy
  • Chichigua - kite
  • Chicle - chicklet, the gum
  • Chimicuí - can be a bad odor or a bad looking face
  • Chin - a little bit "chin chin" ("dame un chin"-give me a little bit)
  • Chininin o Chililin - a very little bit, smaller than chin
  • Chinchilín - blackbird-used to describe a really bad odor
  • Chivito harto de jobo - (pronounced-chivito jartuejobo) someone that thinks their important but really they are noone
  • Chivo - goat, to be suspicious of something. doubtful, doesn't have trust in a person (cabra)
  • Chol - Shorts, Short Pants
  • Chopa - a not nice word meaning a cleaning lady or domestic servant. It is very rude to call someone this
  • Chopo - a person of the lowest class- very rude (do not call anyone this)
  • Chula - sugar mama, a term of endearment used frequently in the streets.
  • Chulea - to cover with kisses
  • Cicote - foot odor
  • Cloo - club
  • Cloro - Clorox, bleach
  • Cobrador - fare collector on a guagua
  • Cocaleka - popcorn
  • Cocuyo or Cucuyo - firefly,lightning bug, also known in legends as nimitas (the legend of nimitas)
  • Colín - Machete
  • Colmado - corner store in most neighborhoods. Sells drinks, food, necessities. Anything and everything.
  • Colmadón - a larger version of a Colmado. Usually has music, dancing, food. Closely resembles a local bar
  • Compai / Copai - Compadre, friend
  • Comparona - person who likes to show off
  • Con flei - corn flakes, all cold cereals
  • Coño - an expression close in meaning to Damn!(not vulgar) (it can also mean a woman's private part-vulgar)
  • Cota - the dirt in the creases around the neck
  • Cote - Kotex
  • Cotorra - parrot, a person that talks too much
  • Cuartos - money
  • Cuquear - to bother
  • Cutafara - Ugly woman
  • Cuté - nail polish

 
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  • Deguabine-someone in bad physical shape
  • Deplayarse - laying around for hours doing nothing, maybe laying in bed and watching tv
  • Detutanao - canceled
  • Dímelo? - sort of like "What's happenin'", "How are you?", used much when answering the phone
  • Dí que - similar to saying "uhhmm"...in place of a pause in a sentence, uh
  • el Dueño, el Amo - Landlord, Boss
  • Dry Clean - to clean up yourself especially before a party or after going to the beach
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  • Fantamoso - person who likes to show off
  • Ferré/ Darce Ferré - to fix ones self up, to make up ones self
  • Fifty-Fifty - a high class person
  • Fó - expresion used before a word for a bad scent
  • Fotostática - photocopy
  • Fulano, perensejo y sutanejo - used when you don't know a persons name (what's his name?)
  • Fuljean - Full jeans..when a woman fills out her jeans nicely
  • Fulillo /fuí - Anus
  • Funda - bag, shopping bag (Spain Spanish the word is bolsa which in DR it is a mans ball bag (not nice))
  • Fuñir/ Fuñe - to bother,annoy
  • Fregada - bother,hastle,nuisance
  • Freta - when a woman's nipples are cold and erect
  • Furufa - an ugly woman, not nice
G - ge



  • Heavy- cool - "Que heavy." (How cool) "'Ta heavy" (That is cool)
  • Hijo de Machepa - a poor man who does not have anything "Son of bad luck"
  • Horripilante-terrible
  • Huidera/o-when a crowd runs to or from where something is happening, where the action is
H - hache
  • Impueto-accustomed to, used to, customary
I - i
  • Jablador or Hablador (jablador is more common)-liar
  • Jabladoraso-someone who exaggerates things or twist them to get what they want, stronger word than just Jablador.
  • Jalar-to put drugs up your nose
  • Jamona-a woman that is old (past 40 years old) and not married,
  • Jarto/a-very tired of something or someone
  • Jeepeta-SUV truck
  • Jevón-girl,usually very beautiful
  • Joder-many meanings...to bother someone; to make love to
  • Joe - when you don't know someone's name you call them Joe
  • Jompear (yompear)-to jump start a car with jumper cables
  • Jumo-a drunk person
 
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