Tostao
Crazy, totally gone. To be Tostao is to be mentally unstable or have one's brain fried.
Oh son, you are so dumb, and if you keep smoking weed you are going to end up Tostao.
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Tag: enfermo
Definitions tagged enfermo in the street dictionary.
PanamáCHAJA
Refers to a person who has a hoarse or raspy voice due to a temporary illness or from shouting too much the night before. (The term refers to a bird known for its harsh, loud cry).
I am chaja, I am not going to be able to give the presentation this afternoon.
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BoliviaVeri veri
A sudden health spell or episode characterized by fainting, dizzy spells, or abrupt changes in mood.
A: My grandpa can't stop taking his medicine because he gets the veri veri. B: My grandma gets it too. Getting old sucks, man.
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Loco e'remate
A term used, either jokingly or seriously, for someone who frequently says or does foolish, nonsensical, or exaggerated things. (In Venezuela, this is a common part of jodedera, the local culture of constant teasing and joking).
You are loco e'remate, how could you put gum on the teacher's chair. / You are so loco e'remate, stop talking so much nonsense, buddy.
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VenezuelaChochera
A common slang term for pink eye or conjunctivitis.
I have Chochera, damn it.
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Te fumaste un pañal cagao
To act in a strange or abnormal way, as if under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or as if you are losing your mind. It suggests someone is behaving so bizarrely that they must have smoked something toxic.
Hey, what is wrong with you, you are not usually like this, te fumaste un pañal cagao?
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Fulano esta jipucho
Used to describe someone who looks pale, sallow, or sickly, usually suggesting they are unwell or have a weak appearance.
Jorge has been jipucho since the weekend. Poor Andrea, she is jipucha.
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Cuerpo cortao
A vague feeling of physical malaise, body aches, or fatigue, often signaling the start of a cold or flu (in Dominican culture, it is a common catch-all term for feeling under the weather without a specific diagnosis).
She says she has 'cuerpo cortao' all over.
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República DominicanaARS
A health insurance company, cynically described as an Association for Collecting and Stealing funds from workers' meager wages to enrich owners and the state, because in the end, if you don't pay the extra co-pay, you don't get a doctor's visit (ARS stands for Administradora de Riesgos de Salud, the private entities that manage health insurance in the DR).
A lady goes to the clinic feeling terrible and says good morning, and the nurse asks her what ARS she has just to know how to greet her.
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esmacoyao
A regional term from El Pilar, Sucre State, used to describe someone who is completely exhausted, worn out, or in a miserable, beat up state.
I climbed the hill and arrived esmacoyao. That fever left you esmacoyao.
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enfermo sexual
A pervert or sexual deviant; someone with a warped view of sex who is obsessed with or performs acts considered immoral or creepy by society.
It has been clinically proven that the arrested child molester was an enfermo sexual.
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EspañaCancaneando
1. Describes a machine or engine that is sputtering, stalling, or malfunctioning. 2. A person who stutters, hesitates, or trips over their words, usually due to nerves or lying. 3. Someone who is on their last legs and close to death.
1. The car is cancaneando. 2. The guy cancaneó a bit when you asked him about that thing. 3. Well, your uncle looks bad, he is cancaneando already.
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Viciao
Someone who is obsessed with or addicted to a specific activity, hobby, or game.
Damn, that guy is really viciao with the computer. Damn, he is such a viciao with the Nintendo.
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Quebranto
A vague, mild illness or slight rise in body temperature that is not quite a fever but is serious enough to skip work or school.
A: Juan, what happened to you yesterday? B: Ah, I just woke up with a Quebranto.
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Mario de la burra
A donkey fucker. (This is a crude insult based on a rural stereotype of men in the Caribbean having sex with livestock).
Mario de la burra.
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El Metro
A nasty flu circulating in Santo Domingo that affects everyone. It is humorously linked to the subway construction project that turned the capital into a chaotic mess. (The massive excavation for the Santo Domingo Metro system was locally blamed for spreading respiratory illnesses due to the dust and debris it produced).
- Man, I have a hell of a flu. - Hey, get away from me! El Metro caught you.
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maniatico sexual
A total pervert or sexual deviant who gets turned on by just about anything. They have no sense of decency or self-control, getting aroused by someone simply walking past them, watching animals mate, or even wanting to sleep with their own grandmother. It refers to a sexually depraved person who would even go after animals like chickens.
So-and-so, they caught him with a pig: he left his wife in bed just to be with a sow.
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gargajo
A vulgar term for a thick glob of phlegm or mucus, usually hacked up when sick with a cold or the flu.
Holy shit, what a gargajo you just spat out man, you are dying.
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Brechero
A peeping Tom or voyeur, a creep who gets off on secretly watching people in private or intimate moments (in the Dominican Republic, the term refers to looking through a crack or opening).
You're gonna get killed for being a brechero!
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