To wreck or soundly defeat an opponent in a game or competition. It is used as a playful or trash-talking threat to tell someone they are going to lose.
Shall we meet up later to play a game of Mus? We are going to give you a dar matarile. (Mus is a traditional Spanish card game).
A low-life, bum, or petty thief who is typically unemployed and broke. It refers to someone who avoids real work by doing small errands, or a small-time crook who steals laundry from lines or snatches unattended items. The term literally means yard-jumper because their usual escape route involves hopping from one backyard to another.
1. My daughter, do not marry a brinca patio; 2. Tell that brinca patio to go to the corner store; 3. A brinca patio took my cell phone; 4. A brinca patio made off with the bottle of rum.
Used by young people and students to describe a nerd, square, or goody-two-shoes. A Perno is someone who follows every rule, is very studious, and dresses too neatly or formally. They are typically socially awkward, shy around the opposite sex, and afraid of taking risks or getting into trouble. Because of their timid nature and lack of social cool, they are often targets for bullying. In university, it refers to someone who is unadventurous or seems too fearful.
- Look, he dresses like a Perno. - Your girlfriend is such a Perna. - Did you see the new kid? He is such a Perno!
A loser or someone who is failing at life. The phrase compares a person to a car's exhaust pipe to mock their status. (Mofle is a phonetic adaptation of the English word muffler).
Well Erika, Estas Como el Mofle: in the back, down low, dirty, and to top it off, fuming.
This is the team that thinks it is the best, but they are actually in second place for most wins behind the Aguilas Cibaenas. In the last Caribbean Series, which does not count as a championship, they only went because Puerto Rico could not go. They basically got in out of pity. So tell me, any Licey fan: where is the glory? (Tigres del Licey is a major baseball team from Santo Domingo, and their rivalry with the Santiago-based Aguilas Cibaenas is the most famous in Dominican sports).