Definitions tagged corte in the street dictionary.
A RUTUCHA is a celebration where family and friends gather for a child's first haircut. (This is an Andean ritual where guests give money or gifts to the child in exchange for cutting a lock of hair).
Adrian is a year old now, I'm sure we'll be invited to his RUTUCHA soon.
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To prick, poke, or jab yourself with a sharp or pointed object.
A: 'What happened to your finger?' B: 'I puyé myself with a thorn... it hurts a lot!'
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To chop off, cut off, or amputate a piece of something, usually referring to body parts in a blunt or informal way.
They had to mochar his leg after the accident | I want to mochar these butt cheeks, they are way too big
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A deep, severe gash or wound inflicted by a machete strike.
Jaque Mate's Jibán healed up well.
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A diagonal machete strike delivered from left to right (a term used by rural farmers).
A: What happened to the plant that was there? B: A jilván knocked it down during the fight between Jimenez and Moran.
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A deep gash, hole, or a nasty open wound on the body.
We stitched up the Hoyanco.
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A turd or piece of excrement (this is an ironic Dominican euphemism for feces found on the street, treated jokingly as if it were a shard of glass).
Watch out or you might cut yourself on that dog Vidrio Inglés.
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A pelada caliente is an edgy or flashy haircut that is banned in schools and military institutions because it is associated with tígueres (a Dominican term for street-smart or tough individuals from urban areas). These styles include flat tops, braids, small ponytails, mohawks, and very high fades or razor cuts.
They sent him home from school because of his pelada caliente. I told him not to keep that little ponytail.
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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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A woman with short hair.
Call that picaíta for me and tell her to come here.
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A strike, slash, or deep gash delivered with a machete. These wounds are typically severe and deep, often resulting in lost limbs (while the machete is an everyday agricultural tool in the Dominican Republic, it is also a common weapon in violent disputes).
Joselito landed several machetazos on Rafa's arm and back. Emilio chopped the wood with machetazos. They had to stitch him up for three machetazo wounds.
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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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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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A person who has a botched, hacked, or very poorly done haircut.
Who traquiló you like that, they barely left your ears on.
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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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