baltri
Dominican term derived from the English bad trip: it refers to a bad experience, a bummer, or a situation that went poorly.
I went out with a girl yesterday but the whole night was a baltri.
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Tag: dominicana
Definitions tagged dominicana in the street dictionary.
República DominicanaEl Griego Invita
Legend says that back in the 90s and 2000s, there was a TV show so bad it broke every record for low-class tackiness (chopería) on Dominican television. Hosted by Nick Kioussis, aka El Griego, the show featured him gossiping about celebs in a thick accent, raffling tickets to cheap backyard parties, posing with curvy models, and smoking cigars while mocking people he claimed were jealous of him. It aired on minor local channels. Even today, no other show, not even those on the Telemicro network (a channel known for its populist and often vulgar content), has managed to beat the legendary tackiness of El Griego Invita.
Envious journalist do not criticize me, because one day you will work for me, said El Griego.
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Medalaganario
Something done purely on a whim, following one's own will and desires while ignoring any objections. The term is a contraction of the phrase 'me da la gana' (because I feel like it) and was coined by Dominican writer Jacinto Gimbernard in the 1920s.
I do not use the transit union buses because of that medalaganaria way they drive, like they just do whatever they want.
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coche bomba
A girl who was once strikingly beautiful but has lost her looks, typically blamed on heavy drinking and a fast lifestyle. (Literally car bomb, referring to a sudden or total collapse of her former beauty).
She used to look good, but ever since she turned 15 she became a coche bomba.
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Na e na
A contraction of nothing is nothing. It describes a situation where rules, morals, or ethics are ignored and anything goes, implying that standards do not matter or can be bypassed.
The car is missing the fire extinguisher and has a burnt-out light, but na e na, hand me a five-hundred bill and I will give you the permit.
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Mamerro
A slang term for the penis, typically referring to one that is notably large.
Come here you dirty girl, I am going to hit you with the mamerro!
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brugalito
A Dominican version of spin the bottle using a bottle of Brugal (the country's most famous rum). Players sit in a circle, arranged by gender so the bottle's top and bottom point to a man and a woman who must kiss. An older version involved taking shots of rum until the bottle was empty, with players shouting brugalito when selected to drink. The game originated in Santiago, played secretly during formal balls at the Centro de Recreo social club.
Let's play brugalito! That way we can spin the bottle and kiss (drink).
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papa banquito
A children's game where someone asks who an object belongs to. The owner must respond "Es De Papa Banquito" to keep it. If they say anything else, the person asking takes the item.
Question: Whose apple is that? Answer 1: De Papa banquito. (Nothing happens). Answer 2: It is mine. (The apple now belongs to the person who asked).
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jobo
A variety of hog plum common in the Dominican Republic. It is used in the phrase chivito jarto e' jobo, which refers to a nobody or a poor devil (chivito means little goat and jarto means stuffed).
Do not pay any attention to that chivito harto de jobo.
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Quisqueya
A poetic and patriotic name for the Dominican Republic used to distinguish its national identity from the shared geography of the island. Though commonly called the Dominican Republic, the term Quisqueya was championed by founding father Juan Pablo Duarte to give the people a unique name. According to this tradition, the word has roots meaning Mother of All Lands, Radiant Sun, Fertile Earth, and Abundant Water (Juan Pablo Duarte is the principal founding father of the Dominican Republic).
The Iberian Peninsula is shared by Portugal and Spain, so both are Iberian. They share a region, but each has a unique national identity: Portuguese and Spanish. The island of Santo Domingo is shared by Haiti and Quisqueya, so both are Dominican. They share a region, but each has a unique identity: Haitians and Quisqueyanos. Because intellectuals haven't accepted Quisqueya, the regional identity Dominican is still used for one nation, causing confusion and preventing Duarte's vision from being fully understood.
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Bola de Golpe
A folk remedy consisting of a ball of unspecified ingredients that is dissolved in water and drunk to treat physical trauma or internal bruising (commonly used in Dominican traditional medicine for injuries resulting from a blow).
He is going to need a bola de golpe when his wife finds him with the other woman.
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Nimita
The sensation of dizziness or lightheadedness that leads a person to see phantom spots or stars, usually caused by being extremely drunk or a similar state. (Jumo is a Dominican term for a heavy drunk).
Damn, I'm out of it, I'm seeing Nimita.
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reguerosa
a messy person or a slob who leaves things scattered all over the place (derived from the word reguero, which refers to a mess or a pile of clutter).
Carolina does not keep her workspace organized, so she is a reguerosa.
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Comecheques
A government shill or a public employee who backs the ruling party just because they are on the state payroll. In highly partisan contexts, it is also used as an insult for anyone who stays neutral rather than criticizing the authorities. (In the Dominican Republic, the term literally translates to check-eater, implying their loyalty is bought with government money).
Look at that comecheques, he is going to work instead of joining the protest.
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cocina dominicana
The traditional dishes and cooking styles of the Dominican Republic. It is characterized by staples like rice, beans, and stewed meats, as well as hearty soups and stews. The cuisine shares deep roots with Puerto Rico and Cuba, defined by its blend of West African, Spanish, and indigenous Taino influences.
Rice, beans, and meat (a combination known as la bandera), asopao, sancocho, and concon (the crispy, toasted rice from the bottom of the pot).
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Lipo
Short for liposuction: a surgical procedure that is commonly suggested to overweight women (cosmetic surgery is very common and openly discussed in the Dominican Republic).
You are really fat, you need to get a Lipo.
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Una vaina bien
Something cool, high quality, or trendy. It is used to describe something that is excellent or on point (In the Dominican Republic, vaina is a catch-all word for thing, so this indicates something is a good thing).
-Dude, look at this video. -Una vaina bien.
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Complejo de Caonabo
The opposite of the complejo de Guacanagarix, referring to a blind chauvinism where one believes everything in the Dominican Republic is superior, rejecting any social self-criticism. (Named after Caonabo, a Taino chief who resisted the Spanish, symbolizing fierce local pride.)
we ain't got no education but we'll pump three slugs into you hahahaha you scrub prrrrra
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Cogioca
A state of systemic corruption where everyone is snatching whatever they can. Since everyone is involved in the looting, nobody has the moral authority to point fingers at others. It is similar to a chaotic free-for-all (the term comes from the verb coger, meaning to grab or take).
The Dominican Republic.
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Complejo de Guacanagarix
A widespread mindset in the Dominican Republic that local products and services are inferior to anything foreign. (The term refers to Guacanagarix, a Taino chief who welcomed and sided with Christopher Columbus and the Spanish in 1492.)
So many good engineers in this country, and they call a foreigner to oversee the construction project. These people have such a Complejo de Guacanagarix.
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Rahintel
Short for Radio HIN Television, this was the name of Dominican channel 7 until 1999, when it was purchased and rebranded as Antena Latina. (Rahintel was the first private television station in the Dominican Republic).
Some shows: Mujer 2000, Sabadissimo, Sabado de Corporan (for a while), Con Cuquin, Sabroshow, 100 Grados, Los Recien Casados, Candy Candy, Rahintel en las Noticias.
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dominicano
n. A person born in the Dominican Republic. adj. A blockhead, an uncultured brute, or someone without manners. A person who stays low-profile among other nationalities, who is indifferent to everything, and lacks loyalty in friendship. Also: A neighborhood hoodlum. To drive like a dominicano: to drive recklessly, as if your license was a gift.
Born in the country that is right next to Haiti.
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dominicano
A person who mainly does seven things: dance, drink, have sex, play baseball, ask for handouts, cause trouble, and complain about the very problems they caused (a list of common stereotypes regarding people from the Dominican Republic).
The only problem with the Dominican Republic is that it is full of dominicanos.
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GlobalPupitre Caliente
A popular Dominican game show segment where students answered school-level multiple-choice questions while sitting in a chair. If they answered incorrectly, a box above them would dump eggs or flour on their heads. It became a cultural touchstone because of the shockingly ignorant answers given by the students, which many people used to mock the poor quality of the national education system. (Roberto Salcedo is a famous Dominican TV host and politician).
- Question: Who discovered penicillin: Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, or Nelson de la Olla? - Repeat the question. - Sure thing. Who discovered penicillin: Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, or Nelson de la Olla? - Nelson de la Olla. - NOOOOOOOO! (Nelson de la Olla is a popular Dominican merengue singer).
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dominicano
The coolest thing in life. The country where people live it up the most, and the people who are always happy and ready for a party. They are always down to defend a friend even when they are at a disadvantage. The absolute best.
Dominicanos really know how to have a good time.
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Mi Colegio
A private school located in a prime area of the Dominican Republic where the trendiest and most elite students study. It is divided into several social cliques: fresitas (preppy, snobby girls who tell others to 'get a map and find yourself'), cueros (promiscuous people who hook up with anyone regardless of their relationship status), vakanos (cool, normal kids who are often treated like low-class 'chopos' out of envy), arratraos (rich kids who pretend to be poor even though they have plenty of money), and privones (arrogant snobs who think they are better than everyone else). The staff includes several well-known teachers like Pulinario, Manzueta, and Polanco who are notorious for giving homework on weekends. (The name Mi Colegio is the literal name of a specific private school in Santo Domingo).
- Laura, where do you go to school? - At Mi Colegio. - Yeah, but which one? What is the name of your school? - Mi Colegio. - Oh, I see. Watch out, don't become a slut like all the girls there. - Don't worry, I would not stoop that low. I mean, get real!
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Guanchiro
A local character from the city of Higüey who sells newspapers in the streets and occasionally dresses up in a police uniform. Despite having U.S. citizenship, he chooses to live in the Dominican Republic.
Guanchiro lives on the boundary that divides the Savica, La Aviación, and Cambelen neighborhoods.
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Escogido
A derogatory play on words regarding the Dominican baseball team known as the Leones del Escogido. While the name literally means Chosen, rivals split the word to mean the team that gets fucked or screwed (es cogido) by the other teams during the final stretch of the tournament. (Baseball is the national sport in the Dominican Republic and team rivalries are very intense).
The Leones (Escogido) are really feeling it because of the Star (referring to the rival team Estrellas Orientales).
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Vitilla
The national sport of the Dominican Republic (a street game similar to baseball played with a plastic bottle cap instead of a ball and a broomstick instead of a bat).
The first thing Dominican kids learn is Vitilla!
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nedoca
A popular Dominican brand of household appliances, specifically refrigerators, freezers, and stoves. The name is an acronym for Neveras Dominicanas (Dominican Refrigerators), a company that has operated in the country for over 30 years.
I bought a nedoca fridge.
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Asomamao
The Association of Drivers from Mao (Mao is a city in the Dominican Republic). This acronym is typically used as a joke because it phonetically resembles a vulgarity.
ASOMAMAO: The Mao Drivers Association.
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Colegio Saint Thomas
A school where everyone is on a sports team, even if they are trash. It is full of pretentious preps, but the hot ones are top-tier. There are a few tacky people who are more ghetto than those from La Puya (a marginalized neighborhood in Santo Domingo). Everyone there has an iPhone, like they come free with Happy Meals from McDona. (Yes, McDona, not McDonalds, you hicks).
9th grade B rules! Frequently used words: Are you high?, WHAT THE FUCK? (the local hick way), MOTHERFUCKER, BITCH, SLOW, SCAN, WHORE-BITCH, you guys are such idiots, shit.
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Titiri Mundaty
A comedy sketch show very similar to La Opcion de las Doce but a little better and less silly (Titirimundati was a popular Dominican variety program).
Sundays on channel 5.
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Lourdes Rocha
A famous Uruguayan woman with a killer body and a massive backside who is causing a stir in Santo Domingo. (Bumper is a common slang term for buttocks).
According to Remolacha, Lourdes Rocha is the one driving many Dominicans crazy. Who could these crazy guys with all the cash be? (Remolacha is a popular Dominican culture and news blog).
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Politiqueria
The act of engaging in political hustling or electioneering to help a candidate win, while hoping and praying to be rewarded with favors or a job once they take office. (In the Dominican Republic, this refers to the culture of patronage where supporters expect a kickback for their loyalty during the campaign).
A: Where is Ramon? B: That guy is deep in politiqueria, following those demagogues who will just leave him hanging after they win.
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Diputado
A man who only steals while serving in the Dominican Republic government (the term for a congressman is often used as a synonym for a professional thief).
Son: Mommy, when I grow up I want to be a Diputado. Mother: My son, then quit school and learn how to steal and lie so you can get far in politics.
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Palito de coco
Palito de coco is not a canquina (a type of chewy taffy) and is not elastic. While canquina is wrapped in paper, Palito de coco is not. It is a soft candy that melts in your mouth. (This sweet originates from the city of San Juan de la Maguana).
The only thing I remember that is similar to it, in terms of how you eat it, is a round chocolate sold in the US that melts the moment you put it in your mouth.
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Quisqueya
Quisqueya was the Taino name for the island of Hispaniola before the Spanish arrival. It is the indigenous name used to refer to the Dominican Republic, celebrated for its Caribbean beauty and tropical landscapes (the Taino were the indigenous people who inhabited the island).
It is the place where great men and women have come from to make the best wishes for progress and well-being flourish: Quisqueya the Beautiful, as it is also known, is a country in the world placed right in the path of the sun.
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Colegio Don Bosco
A Dominican school where teachers act high and mighty and the director, Goyo, expels students for no reason, constantly shouting for them to leave. The girls are stuck-up, gossipy, and prone to fighting, while the guys are posers, especially the seniors. By grade: 1st year has hot girls and clueless guys (palomos), 2nd year is full of weirdos, 3rd year is fun but ugly, and 4th year is pure chaos where no one studies. The senior class, Sydex, is nicknamed Sida (AIDS) because they are so annoying. (In the Dominican Republic, 4th year of Media is the final year of high school: becoming a pediatrician is slang for seniors dating much younger students).
Rossy: Girl, the seniors at Colegio Don Bosco are acting like pediatricians. Florainy: Why do you say that, Peaje? Rossy: Don't you know? It is because they are dating the little bugs from 1st and 2nd year. Florainy: And who are those? Rossy: The Midget, the Sister, the Soup, Arroyo, and the rest. Florainy: Ohhhhhhh. Rossy: Well let us go, the bell just rang!
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Colegio Pedagogico Creando
A private school in Moca, Dominican Republic, that claims to be for top professionals but is actually a hub for slackers and jokers, known as chercheros. Students there are described as being more interested in goofing off and dating than studying. The social scene includes everything from local class clowns and self-proclaimed cool DJs to couples who have been together for ages. The staff is equally varied, featuring a cool director, a mad scientist, and a school snitch who reports to a hot-headed teacher nicknamed the Cop.
Colegio Pedagogico Creando: Landing strips in Moca. XD.
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Colegio Pedagogico Creando
The best school in Moca. The one that leaves all the others in the dust, wins every competition it enters, and puts those who think they are hot stuff in their place. Everyone is intimidated by its reputation for excellence. (Moca is a city in the Espaillat province of the Dominican Republic).
Colegio Pedagogico Creando in Moca.
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Bayaguana
A municipality in the Monte Plata province of the Dominican Republic. It was founded in 1606 by settlers from the destroyed towns of Bayaja and Yaguana (the name is a combination of these two original locations).
Off to Bayaguana, Dominican Republic.
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Luz Garcia
A Dominican TV presenter and one of the sexiest women in Santo Domingo, considered a megadiva (a term used in the Dominican Republic for a group of glamorous and influential female celebrities). She has worked on shows like Divertido con Jochy and others on Canal 13. It was said that Luz Garcia and Georgina Duluc competed to be the sexiest and most stunning, though it seems Georgina pulled ahead of her.
That hot blonde who was in plays like: What sex does Javier prefer? and Orgasms, among others.
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Bandera Dominicana
The national flag of the Dominican Republic, which consists of blue and red rectangles and a white cross with the national coat of arms in the center.
Famous line about the Bandera Dominicana: How beautiful you are at the top, Bandera Dominicana, whoever could see you, whoever could see you, higher up, much higher.
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Tu lo abe
A street-level variation of the phrase tu lo sabe (you already know) used in Santo Domingo. It is considered more authentic or gritty, carrying more tigueraje than the standard slang version (tigueraje refers to the street-smart charisma or swagger characteristic of urban Dominican culture).
A: My brother, are we heading to the party? B: Tu lo abe we are, man.
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Palafitos
A bar run by a guy named Crisostomo on the outskirts of Moca (a city in the Dominican Republic). It is known as the best spot to get hammered and leave arm-in-arm with a hot blonde, famous for throwing the best parties.
A: Dude, let's go to Palafitos. B: Hell yeah, let's go. A: Yeah, but I have to hit the pharmacy first. B: What for? A: To buy some little joy-wrappers.
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Georgina Duluc
A stunning woman, regarded as one of the smartest megadivas (a term for high-profile, glamorous female TV stars in the Dominican Republic), and a presenter known for having one of the best bodies on Dominican television. (Georgina Duluc is a real-life Dominican media personality known for her bold fashion and media presence).
At the Casandra Awards, Georgina Duluc always makes an impression with her spectacular dresses and signature glamour.
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