A vulgar term used almost exclusively by people from the Cibao region (the northern part of the Dominican Republic). While it literally refers to the labia or vulva, it is most commonly used as a powerful exclamation of surprise, shock, or admiration, similar to saying holy shit or damn.
LA CRETA, that woman is so fine! How I would love to eat that damn girl's LA CRETA!
1) A woman's name. 2) A traditional Venezuelan soft cookie or sweet bread made with flour and unrefined cane sugar (locally known as papelon). 3) Pussy or vagina.
Are you being a dumbass? Get on it, because that chick is giving away some catalina.
A savory roll made of plantain or cassava dough filled with pork, beef, or chicken, wrapped in a plantain leaf and boiled. Some people use a weird kind of paper sold now because, with the current economy, even plantain leaves are hard to find. (A traditional Dominican staple similar to a tamale).
If you want to eat the best Pastel en Hoja you'll have to take a trip to San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, to Chichita's, a place famous for the best pasteles en hoja in the whole world.
A croquette-shaped roll made from guayiga (a starch extracted from a native plant, now mostly found as a regional specialty in the southern area of San Cristobal).