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Tag: haiga

Definitions tagged haiga in the street dictionary.

ello hay

A non-standard way of saying there is or is there, commonly used in rural areas or by people with little formal education. It adds the pronoun ello as a redundant filler before the verb hay. (A colmado is a small Dominican corner store or bodega).

ello hay water? ello hay avocados at the colmado? ello hay soap? ello hay new movies? yes ello hay milk; no ello no hay; but look for it at the supermarket because ello debe de haber

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo