Definitions tagged gallo in the street dictionary.
Used for an object that is in bad shape or falling apart. When describing a person, it means they are dressed poorly, looking disheveled, or like a total mess.
Look, what happened to your wife wearing that desguañangao dress? Don't you give her money to buy clothes?
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Tacky, trashy, or gaudy. Refers to something of poor quality or an item so loud and vulgar that it is considered in poor taste for polite society.
'Here comes Mendoza with his chabacanería, that guy wears such ugly clothes, man'
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An expression used as an insult or a joke to describe someone as lazy, slow to act, socially awkward, or having too much nerve. (The term is a contraction of pedazo de gallo or piece of rooster, where gallo refers to someone who is clumsy or uncool.)
Who does this piazo e'gallo think he is? / Don't be such a piazo e'gallo, go and ask her out.
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A term used for a fighting rooster or gamecock (cockfighting is a common traditional sport in the Dominican Republic).
What a corredor that rooster is!
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Relating to the defunct political party of Juan Isidro Jimenes, which used the color blue and had a tailless rooster as its emblem (in the early 20th-century Dominican Republic, the Bolos were a major political faction whose name referred to a breed of tailless fighting cock).
The symbol of the Jimenes party is a gallo bolo.
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Used to describe a situation where absolutely nothing is left over and everything has been completely consumed or used up. (The phrase literally means 'not even to tie up a rooster', implying not a single scrap remains.)
There is no food left, ni pa amarra un gallo. Everything was sold, nothing was left, ni pa amarra un gallo.
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A fat joint of high-quality, sticky marijuana. While gallo literally means rooster, in Mexican stoner culture it refers to the cigarette itself. Yoga is used as a slang synonym or code word for a joint to avoid unwanted attention.
Roll up a gallo man! Hey, pass that gallo around, you are going to get finger cancer! Hahaha. Pull out the yoga man, you know, to relax.
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A basic food made of flour and water (bread). It is also a vulgar slang term for a woman's vulva.
1. What pan are you going to buy for breakfast? 2. Mmm, that girl has a tasty pan.
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A cheapskate who has money but avoids contributing to a group expense, literally someone who is ducking or hiding to avoid paying.
Jesus: Let's pool our money for the BBQ, we'll all chip in. Carmen: But remember we can't count on Joel, he is always agachao!!!
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A buddy who always flakes or bails on the crew during tough moments or when they are expected to pitch in. (A coro is a Dominican term for a social circle or a hangout; a serrucho refers to a pool of money collected from friends to pay for something shared).
When it is time to chip in for a bottle of rum, he always ducks out and does not contribute. Checho: Hey Malabare! You are the only one left! Malabare: I do not have anything, bro. Malabare hid; he was a desafinao. Another example: When we had to beat up a chump who crossed the line, Malabare went and robbed him... he is a desafinao because he brought the heat on all of us.
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A guy who is considered the top of the line or a big shot, especially one who dates the most attractive women.
My friend, you are a bichan. You go out with all the hottest girls in the neighborhood.
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A derogatory term for a sterile woman. It describes a woman who has lived with a partner or been married for many years without ever becoming pregnant.
Look at that woman, she never had kids, that is what they call a Machorra.
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