Definitions tagged calidad in the street dictionary.
A popular saying that refers to the low quality of cheap items. It describes a situation where buying something inexpensive backfires because the item breaks or becomes useless almost immediately, forcing you to spend more money to replace it.
- I bought a cheap Chinese phone and it only lasted me six months. - Well, lo barato sale caro. With that kind of stuff, it is better to invest a few pesos and buy something of quality.
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Refers to a person named Mathew Manrique (in Colombian slang, this term is typically used to describe a stand-up guy or a class act).
Mathew is just a kid, the calidad.
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Something that is total junk, or anything of very poor quality.
Your pathetic little team has a two-bit little field of morondanga.
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A screw-up, blunder, or a mess-up. It also refers to a shitty situation or something that is poor quality.
Example 1: Uh, I cut the wrong wire. I made a cagada. Example 2: Are you still without power? What a cagada!
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A banger or a high-quality track within the reggae or reggaeton genres (In Panama, the term is synonymous with urban music and typically implies the song is a hit).
Listen to that plena or What is the name of the plena you have on the radio?
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A dismissive, humorous term for a poor quality or dull knife (used specifically in the province of Guadalajara).
I asked you for something to cut the bread, don't give me this cuchifate.
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Something of poor quality, flimsy, or a cheap knock-off (often referred to locally as carabelita, which describes generic or imitation goods).
Who are you trying to fool selling those pipiripao shoes?
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Something very cool, awesome, or exciting.
That party is going to be cartelua.
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The first English-instruction school in the northern region of the Dominican Republic, located in the heart of the Cibao (the northern valley region). Operating for over 40 years, it is a multicultural institution with students from more than 15 nationalities, preparing them for elite universities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. More than half of the faculty hold postgraduate degrees.
If you want a quality Christian education for your children that prepares them for both national and international universities, Santiago Christian School is definitely the ideal place for you.
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Something of poor quality or a knock-off, typically implying it is a cheap Chinese import. (The term is a play on the word China).
They gave me a pen and it turned out to be a Chinazo, it broke after only three days.
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Something of very poor quality, janky, or low class that does not meet the standard of its peers. (In the Dominican Republic, it refers to cheap, off-brand, or poorly made items).
You scraped your foot. That is what you get for buying guay mi mai flip-flops.
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Something cool, nice, or high quality.
Your car is so chilero.
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Something high-end, elite, or having more prestige than others of its kind, such as a luxury car, watch, or sneakers.
They brought me some pesao sneakers from New York, Puma brand.
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Big, bad, and expensive: used to describe a player, often a foreigner, who looks physically imposing and earns a high salary but performs poorly (common in Dominican baseball to describe disappointing imports).
That gringo first baseman is a GMC, he can't hit a thing.
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Something of very poor quality, flimsy, or completely worthless.
It is no good.
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A slang adjective for someone or something of high quality, skill, or excellence. It characterizes someone as a class act or someone who does things with great style (in Argentina, it often refers to a player with great finesse or touch).
That was so Calidoso!
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A piece of junk or a clunker, typically referring to an old, broken down object or vehicle. (This is a phonetic variation of the word tiesto, which literally means a clay pot or shard).
If it wasn't for this tieto of a car, we would be there by now.
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A widespread mindset in the Dominican Republic that local products and services are inferior to anything foreign. (The term refers to Guacanagarix, a Taino chief who welcomed and sided with Christopher Columbus and the Spanish in 1492.)
So many good engineers in this country, and they call a foreigner to oversee the construction project. These people have such a Complejo de Guacanagarix.
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A cheap, bottom shelf electronic brand, essentially the Alcatel of radios. (Alcatel refers to the basic, budget mobile phones that were common in the Dominican Republic).
This Coby radio has a one year warranty, provided you do not touch it.
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Derived from the slang term calidoso. It refers to having class, style, and a high level of excellence or skill in how one does things.
That teacher really has calidosidad.
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Something of poor quality or badly made, it is also used to describe something that is a total drag, boring, or stupid.
This movie is a Bodrio. This teacher is pure Bodrio. This day is a Bodrio. TOTAL BODRIO.
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