Dominican Republic Language Dominicanismos Dictionary

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

D - de

E - e

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