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Tag: barberia

Definitions tagged barberia in the street dictionary.

Flaitop

A Dominican term for a flat top haircut, which features a level surface on top. It is colloquially called ashtray hair (pelo cenicero) because the flat top resembles a tray for ashes.

Flaitops are not allowed at that school.

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Abejón

Electric hair clippers used by barbers. (The term literally means bumblebee, referring to the buzzing sound the machine makes).

They gave him a zero with the abejón and now he looks like an alien.

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Motilar

To get a haircut or trim your hair (common informal term used throughout Colombia).

I am going to motilar because my hair is already getting too long.

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Pela

A haircut or a fresh fade, referring to the trim men get at a barbershop. It is a shortened form of the word pelada, with the stress placed on the final syllable.

Yo, what is up with that Pela they gave you, you look like a dork (pariguayo is a Dominican term for someone who is naive or socially awkward).

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