Someone who is stuck-up, full of themselves, or acts like they are better than everyone else. It describes a person who puts on airs or shows off to get attention.
Look at her, just because she has the latest iPhone she is acting more parejera than a peacock.
A four legged insect with a tail that barks like a dog. It has massive self esteem, picking fights with anyone regardless of size. Supposedly, its eyes work like microscopes that make everyone else look tiny, explaining its fake bravery, though it will back off whining if confronted. It has a member way too big for its body and often needs a concrete block to reach larger dogs during mating. The real trouble starts when the act is over and it stays stuck, hanging like it is on a crane. Because it gets worked up and loses its temper so easily, it is common for them to die of heart attacks (coger cuerda is a Caribbean expression for getting angry or easily provoked).
Hey Victor, stop petting that rat. Man, I thought it was a chihuahua! Damn, where is that Rottweiler running off to? The neighbor's chihuahua chased him away.
Used in San Pedro de Macoris to describe a show-off or someone who puts on airs, referring to a person who pretends to be more important or successful than they actually are.
Hey Victor, look where that FANFARA Hector is going, he really is a show-off, brother. I do not know what he is acting like.
To show off or act superior, especially when one has an enviable quality, luxury item, or car. (In the Dominican Republic, this refers to acting like a big shot or being stuck-up).
(e.g. He is privando like he knows everything). Then, he becomes a show-off.
A person who acts like a big shot or shows off because they feel successful (this term is common in Dominican communities in the US and refers to someone being high-ranked or having high status).
Oh, but Juan has been acting so ranquiao ever since he bought that car.