LETTER R

The way Dominicans Speak / Cómo Hablamos Dominicanos – Dominicanismos Dictionary

The slang used in the Dominican Republic.

R – ere

 

Rapana – friends with benefits. Sex buddy

Rapar – to have vigorous sex with a person

Raquiña – itch

Rata – it is the lowest form to call a person, worse than calling someone garbage

Rebulujado o rebuluteao – disorganized

 

Recorte – a trim, as in trim the hair or bushes

Relambio – obnoxious

Remenión – when dancing the merengue it is the ability to rapidly move the mid section of the body

Revejio – young person with the face or an old person

Rufo – Roof

(una) Rumba – a lot