Definitions tagged hay in the street dictionary.
A form of the verb haber (to be or there is), used in street slang as a phonetic substitute for alla (there) to refer to a place or situation. (In Colombian slang, Brasil is a term for excellent or cool).
Babe, haya is awesome.
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A phrase used when handing someone something, typically money, so they can deal with a situation or hold themselves over for the time being.
-Dude, give me 100 pesos. -Take 40, agarrate de hay.
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A non-standard way of saying there are. It is an attempt to create a plural form of the word for there is by adding they, even though the standard Spanish word covers both singular and plural (this specific phrasing is a common dialectal trait in the Dominican Republic).
Ellos hay three cops on the corner.
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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
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