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Tag: cuava

Definitions tagged cuava in the street dictionary.

Jabon De Cuaba

A multipurpose laundry and bath soap that is also used as a traditional home remedy to disinfect and treat cuts, rashes, or skin irritations (it is a staple in Dominican households and is widely believed to have antiseptic properties).

Hey kid, go wash that cut with Jabon De Cuaba!

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo

Cuabero

A street vendor who sells cuaba (highly resinous pine wood splinters used as kindling for starting charcoal fires).

When the cuabero passes by, buy 10 pesos worth of cuaba because I have to light the stove later.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Dalmery Sánz

Jabon De Cuaba

A multi-purpose bar soap made from resinous pine wood, used for laundry, dishes, bathing, and everything else. (In the Dominican Republic, this inexpensive brown soap is a household staple used for almost any cleaning task.)

I am going to bathe with Jabon De Cuaba because I do not have money to use another type of soap.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo