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A rickety, unsafe wooden boat used by migrants to cross the open sea in search of a better life (typically referring to the dangerous journey from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico).
I am leaving on a Yola for Puerto Rico! This shit is just too hard, man...
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(1) Canvas beach shoes, usually flat styles like Keds or low-top Converse. (2) Old, beat-up, or low-quality sneakers. (The term refers to the boat-like shape of these shoes, named after a type of small wooden boat used in the Caribbean.)
You can't play basketball well in a pair of Champion yolas. (Champion is a brand often associated with budget footwear in the Dominican Republic.)
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A small, artisanal wooden boat. In a Dominican context, it specifically refers to the precarious vessels used for illegal migration across the sea (most commonly referring to trips to Puerto Rico).
They took a yola to head off to Puerto Rico.
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Huge, heavy, or clunky shoes that look like boats. The term implies they are so massive that stepping on someone would send them to surgery. (A yola is a small, basic boat usually used for sea travel).
Man, what is with that Yola? Let us go to El Conde (a famous pedestrian shopping street in Santo Domingo) later to buy you something else, but do not walk around in those clunkers.
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