In the province of Salamanca, this term refers to the young of equine animals like horses, donkeys, or mules. (Used primarily in the local rural communities of western Spain).
A term used for someone who is stupid, thick, or slow-witted. (Like the animal, it characterizes the person as unintelligent).
Don't be a burro, speak properly. It is written with B as in burro, not V as in vaca (a common way to distinguish the identical sounds of the letters B and V).
A sarcastic phrase used to tell someone they are blocking your view. It is a way of reminding the person that they are not transparent and you cannot see through them.
Get away from the TV, la carne de burro no es transparente. Don't stand in the way: look, la carne de burro no es transparente.
In betting and lottery slang, a number that few people bet on or that rarely wins. (The term comes from the wooden easel or stand, called a burro, where vendors display tickets that remain unsold).
On Sunday 00 won the first prize, what a damn Burra.
Someone who acts like a know-it-all or claims to be smart when they are actually ignorant. (A combination of the Spanish words for intelligent and donkey, which is a common term for a dumb person).
A total idiot, dummy, or blockhead. It is used to insult someone who is acting foolish or who has done something very stupid. (In the Dominican Republic, the word ñame, a type of yam, is common slang for a dim-witted person).
Describes someone who is narrow-minded, rigid, or stubborn. It refers to a person who lacks flexibility and follows rules or fixed ideas blindly. (In Chile, it is frequently used to describe military or police personnel).
Extremely crude, clumsy, or thick. While a person is called bruto when they lack refinement or struggle to do things right, brutaso is used when someone has done or said something exceptionally stupid or acted with a total lack of common sense (in Argentina, the suffix -aso is an augmentative used to emphasize or enlarge the meaning of a word).
- I went for a walk this morning and ran into a Rottweiler. - And what happened? - I hit it so it wouldn't bite me, and it bit me anyway. - You are a total brutaso!
A common misspelling of the word vaina. (In Spanish, V and B are pronounced the same, leading to frequent errors. V de vaca and B de burro are used to distinguish the letters, where burro is also a slang term for a stupid or uneducated person).
If you wrote Baina it is because you are a B-Jackass.
A popular Dominican game show segment where students answered school-level multiple-choice questions while sitting in a chair. If they answered incorrectly, a box above them would dump eggs or flour on their heads. It became a cultural touchstone because of the shockingly ignorant answers given by the students, which many people used to mock the poor quality of the national education system. (Roberto Salcedo is a famous Dominican TV host and politician).
- Question: Who discovered penicillin: Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, or Nelson de la Olla? - Repeat the question. - Sure thing. Who discovered penicillin: Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, or Nelson de la Olla? - Nelson de la Olla. - NOOOOOOOO! (Nelson de la Olla is a popular Dominican merengue singer).
A slang term for someone stupid, clumsy, or a total blockhead. While it literally refers to a squirrel because they eat acorns, it is used as an insult for someone who lacks common sense or makes a foolish mistake. The origin is considered ironic because squirrels are perceived as smarter than the people being called this name.
You put the battery terminals on backwards, ANIMAL DE BELLOTA!
A donkey dick sucker. A highly offensive insult for someone perceived as pathetic or stupid (tolete is a common slang term for penis in the Caribbean).
You donkey idiot, mama tolete de burro, you're a total donkey dick eater.
An ironic backronym for the Association of Jackasses and Jennies Determined to Improve Themselves. (It is a play on the brand name Abibas, a common knock-off of Adidas found in street markets, used to mock people perceived as uneducated or lower class).
Shared-taxi drivers from Route C in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (as members of ABIBAS).
A mocking retort used to dismiss or shut someone down, where the speaker follows the phrase with a rhyming insult or comeback that keys off the last word the other person said.
1. A: Come here. B: Busca Un Burro to take you there!! 2. A: What happened? B: Busca Un Burro to hit you with everything it has!! 3. A: Stop joking around. B: Busca Un Burro to give it to you from behind!!
A derogatory term for a stupid or incompetent person who cannot do anything right (a vulgar insult in the Dominican Republic literally meaning cock-sucker).
Your Mamañema cousin was the one who caused the mess.
A coarse or ill-mannered person, regardless of their wealth or education level. It is similar to calling someone a brute but with a sharper, more insulting edge. (In the Dominican Republic, this term is often used to criticize public figures who lack a polished or refined demeanor).
The guy who was president of the Dominican Republic, for example (Hipolito, Don Antonio), he is a Patan.
Former President of the Dominican Republic (2000 to 2004) notorious for his vulgar vocabulary, constant gaffes, and poor leadership. Despite representing the PRD party, his attempts at re-election through his own PPH faction and his handling of the Baninter bank collapse made him one of the most mocked figures in Dominican politics. He is remembered for his ocurrencias (bizarre remarks) and for being so unpopular that he once famously lost a hypothetical radio poll to the Devil.
Among his famous phrases are: 'It was not that a page was lost, it was that they did not put it there for me (Hipólito Mejía during his inauguration speech).' 'If I were a hen, I would not lay an egg for less than that.' 'Hipólito, the nurses have not been paid!' 'That is on you, because I got paid a while ago.' 'Hipólito, the street is tough!' (a slang way to say the economy is bad) 'Walk on the sidewalk then.' '99 percent of politicians are corrupt (referring to himself).' 'I am the party.' 'I tie the macro to the micro, so that those at the bottom get some crumbs.'