Definitions tagged lambón in the street dictionary.
To suck up to or brown-nose someone excessively to get a favor or stay on their good side for future benefit (literally means to brush, as in polishing someone up).
Sandra is disliked by the whole class because she spends all her time cepillando the teachers. I do not like cepillona people, you never know when they are being serious or when they are trying to manipulate you.
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A suck-up or brown-noser who uses excessive flattery to win people over or gain a favor (derived from the verb meaning to brush, implying one is polishing someone's ego).
Arturo is a cepillón, you should see how he talks to the Chemistry teacher | That lady is a cepillona, like she thinks I am an idiot and I will give her a discount.
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A person who likes to snitch or tattle on others, usually to suck up to a superior (the phrase literally describes someone who knocks the dust off a boss's clothes).
You're a tumba polvo, you bootlicker!
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Someone who acts as a matchmaker or go-between for another person, even acting as a shoulder to cry on during the process.
I have never been a Maipiolo for anyone in my life.
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A person who copies everything their friends have and acts like a total fool. A legomono typically has a head shaved down to the skin, resembling a dickhead, and they never eat pizza. (Note: bobolon is a Dominican term for a fool, and cero de oro refers to a razor-close buzz cut).
he is a miserable legomono
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A nosy person or a busybody who meddles in other people's business.
that kid is so lambío.
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A person with no class who acts as a hanger-on or a suck-up, relying on others for everything. It also describes someone who looks rough and has no real future.
You are always walking around with a bunch of Guaremate behind you.
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A servile person or suck-up who performs tasks without pay, acting like a lapdog just to gain favor with someone they perceive as superior. (In the Dominican Republic, this is a derogatory term often used for people considered to be of a lower social class or domestic workers.)
Running errands for a family for no pay or just for food like a total Chopo.
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A suck-up or kiss-ass: someone who constantly flatters their boss to get a promotion or stay on their good side.
You are a lambon because you washed your boss's car.
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A meddling outsider, an intruder, or an arrogant newcomer who sticks their nose where it does not belong. It refers to an unwelcome stranger or someone new who acts like they belong or are important when they are actually out of place.
A young advenedizo who was not invited entered our house.
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A brown-noser or ass-kisser. A person who constantly flatters others or brags about someone else's wealth and success to get on their good side (sieso is a vulgar term for the anus).
Damn, you really are a huge lambe sieso.
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A suck-up, kiss-ass, or yes-man. Refers to someone who constantly agrees with people in power, even when they are wrong, just to get something in return. (Terms like lambon and tumba polvo are common Dominican synonyms for this behavior).
He is trying to peinarse palante, he is such a suck-up.
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Used to describe someone who looks like they eat very little but manages to clear the table when the food is free, such as at a birthday party. (This is a baseball metaphor for a player who has an awkward stance but is a powerful hitter.)
Look at that guy, he looks so calm, but he ate half the empanadas. That guy se cuadra feo pero batea duro.
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A person who butts into a conversation they were not invited to. (The literal meaning is mouth eater, suggesting they are swallowing up the speech of others.)
Person 1: Yeah, he told me that... Come boca: Who are we talking about? Person 2: It took way too long for this come boca to show up.
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A party crasher or someone who shows up uninvited to social gatherings. Similar to how a parachute lands in random places, these people show up everywhere they are not wanted (in the Dominican Republic, the variation paracaidas untao refers to someone who is constantly present or sticking to every social event).
-This guy is always being a Paracaidas, sticking his nose where he is not called!
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A vulgar insult that literally means cocksucker.
He is a real chupapene.
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A person who puts on airs of being rich or high-class, always trying to show off and be the center of attention.
Just wait until I catch Mariel, that damn escarchar.
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A freeloader or moocher who lives at someone else's expense (Avenida Duarte is a busy commercial street in Santo Domingo where people go to hustle or engage in street life).
Look, you big kamajan, go pick up men on Duarte because you have got me totally cleaned out!
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A massive bootlicker or brown-noser who excessively defends or praises another person. They are generally disliked for being an annoying try-hard who is always sticking their nose in. (The term is a pun on the car brand Lamborghini and lambon, a Dominican slang word for a sycophant or parasite).
1: -I am the most efficient. The Lambolyini: -That is my sister, she is the most efficient in the whole department, in fact, she is beyond good. 2: -Gato, what brand is your car? Everyone else: -Lambolyiniiiiiiii!!
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A person who always tags along for free, relying on others to pay for them at parties or hangouts. (Derived from the word for a scholarship recipient, implying they are attending the event for free).
Friend: Man, remember you have to chip in for the stuff. El becao: I do not have anything, bro, you can cover me. Friend: Fine, fine. (Pissed off)
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A person who follows around travelers to suck up to them for favors or money. It is the same thing as a moocher or sycophant (In the Dominican Republic, travelers refers to Dominicans who live abroad and return home to visit, often seen as a source of money).
Pedrito is Roberto's lava saco now.
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A front-artist or poser who puts on a big act to scam people later. He is usually a suck-up who serves as a lackey for a political boss just to look important.
Pedrito looks like he is doing very well because he hangs out with the PRD senator and brings him women. (The PRD is a major political party in the Dominican Republic).
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A suck-up or brown-noser who flatters superiors to gain favors. (In the Dominican Republic, a saco is a suit jacket, so the term implies someone who constantly brushes off a boss's clothes to please them).
Damn Pedro, you are such a LIMPIASACO.
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A brown-noser or hype-man who goes out of their way to praise someone or invent stories about their greatness in order to get a favor or benefit. (Derived from payola, the practice of paying for radio airplay).
Payolero talking: Look at Marcos, that guy is a beast.
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A social climber or opportunist who tries to move up the social ladder and gain perks through flattery and brown-nosing instead of merit. A lagarto is typically found at cocktail parties, charity events, and art galleries, anywhere with free drinks and appetizers, despite usually being broke. (In Colombia, the term jokingly implies a cold-blooded reptile trying to evolve into a high-society mammal).
Poncho Renteria, Rodrigo Beltran, almost all the Uribistas (followers of politician Alvaro Uribe).
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To give someone the boot or literally shove them out. It refers to an abrupt or rude dismissal, usually when a guest has overstayed their welcome.
A: Well Ana, it is already 11:00 at night, I am leaving. B: Oh! Yes, you are right (finally this little jerk is getting a Patá por el culo).
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A show-off or attention seeker who tries to be the center of attention at inappropriate times or by meddling where they are not wanted.
There goes what's-his-name being a relucio.
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1. A person who enjoys performing oral-anal sex. 2. A vulgar insult for a suck-up or a brown-noser, used to express spite toward someone perceived as a submissive sycophant (in the Dominican Republic, a more offensive version of a lambón).
Look, damn it, you are nothing but Juan's damn mamaculo.
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A derogatory term for a man of Dominican-Lebanese heritage, typically described as dark-skinned with a large nose. He is stereotyped as a nosy busybody who works as a cook and attempts to improve his social standing by marrying into wealth, though he is still looked down upon as having no real worth. (Lebanese immigrants are a significant and well-established ethnic group in the Dominican Republic).
Colon married the daughter of the Emely Tours owner, how gross. (Emely Tours is a prominent travel agency in the Dominican Republic).
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A person who is overly familiar or pushy, constantly trying to please someone or get their attention by being excessively friendly.
Look at this suck-up, you really are a salamero.
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Someone who is always tagging along, often uninvited or unwanted, acting as a third wheel or a moocher.
Here comes the chaperon to latch onto us.
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A pathetic brown-noser or sycophant who constantly sucks up to others in a way that is desperate and cringey (the term literally refers to someone who knocks the dust off a superior's clothes to please them).
The people from lostraficante.com are a bunch of tumba polvo, they are always hanging around the clubs in New York and here in the DR sucking up to the artists' managers. Whenever there is an event they are there brown-nosing, and every time Toño Rosario or any other group is on tour in New York they act like tumba polvo just so they get a shout-out, along with Chulo Jay.
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A person who is greedy for food or gluttonous, often used for someone who eats messily or acts like they are starving. (Naguara is a common Venezuelan exclamation used to express surprise or emphasis).
You walk into a restaurant and see a guy eating like a pig, and you say to your girlfriend: Damn, that guy is such a LAMBUSIO! haha
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Traditional dishes served during Dominican prayer services held for the deceased, such as the nine days of mourning. These meals typically include rice with pigeon peas, chicken, or herring, and starchy root vegetables served with beef. (A rezo is a communal prayer gathering held after a funeral or on the anniversary of a death).
Damn, I stuffed myself with rice and meat at Tete's reso. I have never eaten like that in my life.
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A derogatory term for someone at the bottom of the social or group hierarchy. It describes a low-class person, a sycophant, or someone who acts like they are high-status when they actually have nothing (the literal meaning is plate-gatherer, implying someone who only gets the leftovers or cleans up after others).
That guy is such a show-off, I do not know who that Recoge Plato thinks he is.
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Someone who constantly borrows your electronic devices, like your phone or iPod, and always ends up draining the battery.
Look, you better give me my iPod back and stop being such a mata pila.
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A vulgar insult describing a person who figuratively chews on someone else's testicles, used to call someone a sycophant, a brown-noser, or a contemptible individual (grano is a common Dominican slang term for testicle).
Look, you Maca Grano, get away from me before I slap you.
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A derogatory backronym (Association of Expert Cocksuckers at Work) for traffic officers who wear green uniforms and use confusing hand signals. They carry spit-covered whistles and wooden batons, specializing in fining motoconchos (motorcycle taxis) for not wearing helmets, shared taxis for seatbelt violations, or anyone talking nonsense on their phone. They especially target those with tinted windows, like the trendy kids who visit cabañas (short-stay love motels) and claim they are allergic to the sun. (AMET is the common name for the traffic police in the Dominican Republic).
Some AMETs talking: A: Watch me get this motorcycle taxi guy coming without a helmet. B: Nah, this chump with the tinted windows is better, wait until you see the fine I give him, or maybe I will just take his money for food.
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Excessive excitement or hype. A state of being over-the-top with one's charm, rhythm, or physical movement.
What is with the Salamería this guy has, he won't leave me alone while talking nonsense.
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A person with a very ugly or small, pinched face, literally compared to a tiny fly speck. (The reference to Junior from the Salome Urena school is a local jab at a specific student from a well known public high school in Santo Domingo).
That guy is a total moquito cagao.
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Arañando refers to total moochers or freeloaders who refuse to work and instead spend their time following friends around to beg for small amounts of money, like twenty pesos for a cigarette (the phrase 'no dan un golpe ni de karate' is a Dominican idiom for being extremely lazy or refusing to work).
Bro, what is the deal man, you do not have 5 or whatever on you?
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Someone who is fresh, pushy, or a busybody who has no sense of shame and constantly butts into things that do not concern them.
Jose wants to be in on everything, what a relambio that guy is.
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A tag-along or crasher who joins an activity, especially a party, without an invitation.
Pedro, Laura, Juan and I were going to the beach, but we had to drag Luis along because he was also being a pegao.
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A person who is disliked for being an extreme busybody, constantly meddling in things that are none of their business and giving unwanted opinions.
This kind of person is usually always in trouble for being a Metiche in other people's affairs.
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A person who sucks up to someone of higher economic status. It also refers to a moocher or hanger-on who crashes events or groups uninvited to get things for free or to gain attention.
When I arrived at the airport, there were about 30 lambones waiting for me.
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A person who is as clingy as a barnacle. It refers to someone who is always pestering others, usually because they are a moocher or a freeloader (in parts of southern Spain, this specifically describes someone who is always trying to sneak a bite of food or get something for free).
That guy is such a Lambuso, he is always asking for something.
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A pseudo-intellectual way to call someone a shit-eater (come mielda) so they do not realize they are being insulted. In the Dominican Republic, calling someone a come mielda is a common vulgarity used to describe someone as arrogant, stuck-up, or a sycophant.
The guy driving the SUV is a coprofago for the Mayor of Santiago.
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A person who constantly sucks up to someone else or acts like a lackey by doing everything another person wants. (Derived from a derogatory term for a domestic worker).
That girl is Maria's chopa.
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