Definitions tagged lenguaje in the street dictionary.
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 phonetic, highly informal spelling of the word Burlao. It describes someone who is winning, living large, or has successfully surpassed all obstacles (in Dominican slang, being burlao implies you have mocked the system and reached a level of untouchable success).
your daddy shampoo I am Bul lao no lie
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a messy person or a slob who leaves things scattered all over the place (derived from the word reguero, which refers to a mess or a pile of clutter).
Carolina does not keep her workspace organized, so she is a reguerosa.
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A term used to refer to Haitian Creole, the language spoken in Haiti (the word is a local adaptation of the French term patois).
Look, this newspaper has a page in patuá.
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Broken, self-taught English picked up on the fly, typically used by street hustlers or beach gigolos to communicate with tourists. (In the Dominican Republic, a sanky panky is a man who works tourist beaches to seduce foreign women for financial gain or a visa).
Hey man, yupikinglis?
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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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In urban slang, this refers to wild, unrestrained behavior or partying without limits. While the literal meaning is disobedience or contempt, it is used to describe a situation that has gone completely off the rails.
The desacato was so intense that by 8 o'clock everyone was already butt-naked.
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