Definitions tagged inglés in the street dictionary.
A humorous, English-sounding twist on the slang term 'vergacion', used to express extreme surprise, shock, or admiration (it originates from the Zulia region where people add English-style suffixes to local slang for comedic emphasis).
Holy vergeishion!
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A term for a person from the United States (in Venezuela, this refers specifically to Americans).
Those buddies are gringos based on their look. / You speak with a gringo accent.
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A private school and English center in Santo Domingo where teachers are notorious for setting the air conditioning to extreme, sub-zero temperatures, leaving students with stalagmites of frozen snot, tears, and saliva on their faces. (The Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano is a well-known educational institution in the Dominican Republic known for its English programs).
(frozen kid) Teacher: Are you cold? Kid: No, I just have my balls frozen, you damn motherfucker. Teacher: Ok, I thought you were cold, but I see you are not, so I will set the AC even colder. Kid: Son of a bitch.
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To speak in a mix of northern Dominican dialect and Spanglish. It is like the Dominican York style, referring to Dominicans influenced by New York culture, but featuring the specific accent of the Cibao (The Cibao is a northern region of the Dominican Republic where people typically substitute r and l sounds with an i).
Manny Perez.
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A place for learning (specifically referring to the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano, the country's most prominent bi-national English language center).
The most prestigious English institution in the country.
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An English acronym used mostly online to show support or victory for a group or individual. It stands for For The Win.
Yesterday they announced that the Chivas-America game is tomorrow, who are you rooting for? Chivas FTW. (Chivas and America are rival Mexican soccer teams).
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To speak broken English by winging it and using whatever words or sounds come to mind, despite having little to no actual fluency. It is a play on the English word speak, describing the act of hacking away at the language.
-- Watagatapitusberry? -- What? (Watagatapitusberry is a famous nonsense phrase from a Dominican urban song used to mock the way people speak fake English).
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A language school specializing in English located in the city of Higuey, Dominican Republic.
Target escuela de idiomas teaches English in Higuey.
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Shallow, preppy girls from wealthy families who are always following the latest trends, speak English, and are very attractive (this term refers to a specific youth subculture in the Dominican Republic).
You will find those Jevito girls at universities like PUCMM, UTESA, INTEC, and UNIBE (not all of them are like that).
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A vulgar term for having sex or screwing someone. It is often explained by a popular myth that the word originated as an acronym for Fornication Under Consent of the King, a permit allegedly required to have sex under the rule of an unspecified English monarch. (In the Dominican Republic, jevi means cool).
Dude, it would be cool to fuck that girl.
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A playful way to say goodbye that combines the English word bye and the Italian word ciao, which is spelled phonetically. It is used as a trendy or creative sign-off in casual conversation.
A: Girl, see you in a bit. B: Alright dear, bye xiao.
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Luis Padua: A teacher from Higuey specializing in English and an IT graduate from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. He has taught English at the Target Language Institute in Higuey, Dominican Republic. Born in 1962 in the same city.
Luis padua was born in the city of Higuey.
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A teacher from Higuey (a city in the eastern Dominican Republic) specializing in English and a computer science graduate from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. He has taught English at the Target Language Institute in Higuey. Born in 1962.
Higuey, Dominican Republic
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An alcoholic drink (typical of Cordoba) consisting of a fifty-fifty mix of sweet Pedro Ximenez wine and dry white Fino wine. The name is a phonetic adaptation of the English phrase fifty-fifty. It is usually served chilled in a small, tall glass.
Waiter, please bring a cold fiti fiti and a Coke.
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