FONAZO
A phone call. (Plaza Villarroel is a landmark public square in the city of La Paz).
Give me a fonazo when you get to Plaza Villarroel.
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Tag: llamada
Definitions tagged llamada in the street dictionary.
BoliviaTirar una perdida
To give someone a missed call as a signal or notification. (In Panama, this is a common way to let someone know you have arrived or to share your phone number without using call credit).
Give me a tiras una perdida when you get home, love. He is always tirándome perdidas but never actually calls. That guy is such a jerk.
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PanamáRecebil
The lure or mating call of a partridge (specifically used in the Murcia region).
I am sure there are partridges around, I am hearing a recebil.
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EspañaSecretel
An answering machine or voicemail. (In the Dominican Republic, the term originated from a specific service offered by the telecommunications provider Codetel in the 1990s.)
Every time I call the radio technician I get his Secretel saying he supposedly went to lunch.
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República Dominicanaconstitución
The supreme law, whether written or not, of a sovereign state or organization governed by the rule of law, established or accepted to govern it.
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849
Another area code for the Dominican Republic, who knows why, because the 829 code could not have reached capacity so quickly. (The Dominican Republic uses multiple area codes under the North American Numbering Plan, starting with the original 809).
809 is way ahead. 829 is even further ahead. 849 is way, way, way ahead.
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DDD
Direct Distance Dialing, an obsolete long-distance calling system provided by Codetel (the primary telecommunications company in the Dominican Republic for decades). It was used by dialing the prefix 1.
I already know how it happened, it was through the DDD.
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Llamar para atrás
To return a phone call. This is a common anglicism (a literal translation of the English phrase to call back used in the Dominican Republic instead of the standard Spanish term).
OK, I will llamo pa'trá' at 12.
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Beeper
To call someone and let the phone ring once just so your number shows up on their caller ID, expecting them to call you back. Giving a Beeper is common among couples or stingy people who claim they never have any prepaid credit on their phone.
Babe, stop giving me beepers, surprise me one day and actually spend a minute on me.
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