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Tag: cubeta

Definitions tagged cubeta in the street dictionary.

ponchera

A large plastic tub or basin used to store water or bathe children (commonly used in Dominican households as a practical, inexpensive alternative to a traditional bathtub).

A: Juana, buy the boy a bathtub. B: Bathtub my foot, what do you think those poncheras are for?

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo

tinaco

A derogatory term used to describe a fat or obese person, particularly women (a tinaco is a large, bulky water storage tank found on rooftops).

Did you see Maria? She is unrecognizable, she looks like a tinaco.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo

Tinaja

A large, vase-shaped clay jar commonly found in rural areas. It is used to store drinking water, keeping it naturally cool through the properties of the clay.

Hand me the Tinaja so I can get some water from the tap.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo

batea

1. The act or skill of batting a ball. 2. A large metal washbasin or shallow tub used for scrubbing clothes, particularly by those who do laundry in rivers.

1. Sammy Sosa batea like nobody else. 2. Get me the batea, I am going to the river to wash clothes.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby toto