Dominican Republicbellaco
adjective, noun · Vulgar · beh-YAH-koh
Horny. Of a person at a given moment, not a standing character trait — though 'un bellaco' as a noun does mean someone permanently in that condition.
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Dominican Republic
Dominican Slang for Romance & Flirting
7 Dominican slang terms for romance & flirting, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Flirting, dating, attraction and rejection. Rich in euphemism, and the category where a literal translation is most likely to embarrass you.
cuero
noun · Vulgar · KWEH-roh
A prostitute; also, and far more commonly, any woman the speaker judges to sleep around. A serious insult with no male equivalent in use.
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jevo
noun · Informal · HEH-voh
A boyfriend or girlfriend — jevo for him, jeva for her. Lighter than novio: a jevo is who you are seeing, a novio is who you are committed to, and calling someone the wrong one starts arguments.
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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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sanky panky
noun · Colloquial · SAN-kee PAN-kee
A young Dominican man who works the resort towns romancing foreign women, with a visa, remittances or a standing allowance as the eventual goal. Bávaro, Sosúa and Boca Chica are the classic territory.
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tirar
verb · Informal · tee-RAR
To flirt with someone, to make a move — always with an indirect object: 'le estoy tirando'. The stage before anything has been agreed.
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viejevo
noun, adjective · Informal · vyeh-HEH-voh
A middle-aged man who dresses, talks and dates as though he were twenty — and specifically one who pursues much younger women. Mocking, never a compliment.
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