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Tag: direccion

Definitions tagged direccion in the street dictionary.

Redirección

Changing the course or direction in which a physical exercise or movement is performed.

While marching forward, at the teacher's command a turn to the left is made, then to the right, then a half-turn; the student has performed a redirección three times.

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Caselcarajo

A place that is extremely far away, the middle of nowhere. It is also described as the spot: where the Devil shouted three times and no one heard him (a common idiom used in several Spanish-speaking countries to denote a very remote location).

I was doing some paperwork and they sent me all the way to Caselcarajo to confirm a birth certificate.

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República Dominicanaby Individuo

Porai

A contraction of the phrase por ahí (around there), used to give a vague or general location. In the Dominican Republic, this imprecise way of giving directions is widely understood and used in everyday speech.

Example 1. A: Mom! Where are the car keys? B: Porai in the dresser! A: Oh ok, let me look for them. Example 2. A: Where is your house, dude? B: Porai on 8th Street, a yellow and green house.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo