Definitions tagged lento in the street dictionary.
A term used for a lackey, a gofer, or a naive person who lacks street smarts. It describes someone who is easily fooled or holds a low status in the social hierarchy of the streets (in the Dominican Republic, a palomo is a naive person who is easily manipulated).
This guaremate is fronting with the girl from the corner.
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An extremely stupid person who is always spaced out or oblivious.
Juan is always out of it, that moma.
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A person who is a loser, a chump, or socially inept. It is the go-to label for someone who is slow, gullible, or just plain boring. A pariguayo is a guy who lacks street smarts and always seems to be the one who loses out in any situation.
Juan is in love with Juana, but he is too slow. He never manages to tell her. In that case he acts like a pariguayo. Juan found 2,000 dollars and that pariguayo returned it. He really is a pariguayo!
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Used to describe a clumsy or dim-witted person, or vulgarly to refer to someone with a large glans (head of the penis).
Man, you really are a yemú.
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To be slow on the uptake or take a long time to process what someone just said. It describes a mental delay or lag (a reference to the heavy traffic common in Dominican cities).
Pedro: Hey, did you catch that song by Lapiz? Juan: Uh... which one? Pedro: The diss track he made? Juan: Ohhh, yeah, I got it now, Taba en trafico.
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A person who is foolish, easily teased, or lacks the confidence to approach women. (The term is believed to originate from the English phrase party watcher, used by U.S. Marines during the occupation of the Dominican Republic to describe locals who watched parties from the sidelines without dancing).
At a party full of women: A: Mario, don't be so timid, go pull those girls to dance, can't you see their faces? They are dying for someone to dance with them. B: Man, I am embarrassed, what if she says no, or slaps me, or even worse, she knows me and tells everyone at the university. A: Damn dude, you really are a damn huge Pariguayo, stay sitting there then: you are so good looking that they are going to come to you. You Pariguayo!
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A state where a man has a semi-erection, being neither fully hard nor fully flaccid, which prevents penetration. (The term combines the words goma, meaning rubber, and duro, meaning hard).
Teresa: Damn it Tony! Put it in already, what is the deal? Tony: I am coming, wait damn it Teresa, I am gomiduro...
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A wordplay used to tease a friend who is being too slow or hesitant to approach women at a party. (The word sounds like ta lento, a shortened version of esta lento, which means you are slow).
A: Man, we have been here for like two hours and I have not seen you talk to a single girl yet, dude, your Talento.
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A dummy or a fool, someone who is slow to catch on or lacks character (literally a straw man or puppet).
Jose never understands anything, what a pelele he is.
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A person who is thick-headed or slow on the uptake, failing to understand or process what someone tells them (the term literally means Hungarian, implying the person is acting as if they do not speak the local language).
A: Buddy, don't touch that, it might fall. (the guy keeps touching the thing). A: Buddy, look, are you an Ungaro, huh? I already told you to leave that alone.
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An expression used to describe something moving extremely slow or at a snail's pace.
She was coming along a paso de tortuga, it took her an hour to get here.
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A man who hates working and prefers to be lazy or comfortable all the time.
Damn, stop being such a jaragán and come help me with the chores.
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A naive and slow-witted person who is easily fooled. It typically refers to a man who lacks street smarts or social confidence, causing him to miss out on romantic opportunities because bolder people get ahead of him (in Spanish, the word literally means pigeon).
Don't be a palomo Luis, ask that girl to be your girlfriend, she is into you too.
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Someone who is completely spaced out, slow, or totally clueless about what is going on around them.
There is always that one kid in class who is never with the program: you ask him something and he just says (huh!?), he is such an amemao.
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In the Dominican Republic, a Pariguayo is a derogatory term for a dork, a loser, or someone totally out of the loop. It describes someone who lacks street smarts, misses obvious opportunities, or is just painfully uncool and basic.
A Pariguayo is that guy who wears thick coke-bottle glasses and fixes the broken frame with tape: the one who parts his hair right down the middle: the guy who gets blamed for every prank at school because he is the one who gets left behind: the one who gets drunk off a single beer: or that guy who is your best friend and likes you but never dares to say anything.
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