Dominican Republicbregar
verb · Colloquial · breh-GAR
To deal with something, to handle it — with the implication of effort and improvisation. 'Bregar con' takes a person or a problem: bregar con el tránsito, bregar con mi jefe.
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Dominican Republic
Dominican Slang for Everyday Things
7 Dominican slang terms for everyday things, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal names for ordinary things and ordinary activities — the domestic layer of slang that rarely makes phrasebooks but comes up constantly.
chin
noun, adverb · Colloquial · CHEEN
A little bit. 'Un chin' is the Dominican quantity word par excellence, used of sugar, time, money, patience and space alike.
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concho
noun · Colloquial · KOHN-choh
A shared route taxi: an old saloon car that runs a fixed line and takes six or seven passengers, four of them across the back seat. The backbone of urban transport in Santo Domingo and Santiago.
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deguabinao
adjective · Colloquial · deh-gwah-bee-NAH-oh
Limp, floppy, gone soft — of a person with no energy left, of a lettuce, of a plan that has lost its momentum.
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pichar
verb · Informal · pee-CHAR
To ignore someone deliberately — to leave a message unanswered, to look past them in the street. What English has lately started calling ghosting, with a much longer history.
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vaina
noun · Colloquial · VY-nah
Thing — any object, situation, event or problem whose name is unavailable or not worth saying. The single most frequent noun in casual Dominican speech.
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zafacón
noun · Colloquial · sah-fah-KOHN
A rubbish bin. The ordinary word — basurero and papelera both sound imported.
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