Definitions tagged robo in the street dictionary.
A confidence trick or elaborate scam used by thieves to swindle someone. (The name literally means the uncle's story, referring to how scammers use tall tales or fake identities to gain a victim's trust).
Last night they pulled el cuento del tío on me by saying they wanted to interview me and they stole my cell phone.
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A small-time crook or pickpocket who specializes in stealing items directly from people's pockets.
There are a lot of pickpockets, a lot of bolsiquero around the Constitucion area (a major train station and transport hub in Buenos Aires).
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A slang term used to describe a thief or street thug who is a child or a teenager: a juvenile delinquent.
That guy is a chorito, that sucks. / There are a lot of choritos on that corner dude, you better cross the street.
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To loot, pocket, or embezzle public funds. The term specifically refers to government corruption and the defrauding of the state, usually attributed to populist administrations (in Argentina, the choripan or sausage sandwich is a symbol associated with Peronist political rallies).
Those Peronists choripanearon the entire state.
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1. To shoot someone or wound them with a firearm. 2. To pin the blame on someone or to dump a responsibility or problem onto them.
They encasquetaron him and stole his cell phone | Don't come trying to encasquetar other people's problems on me
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Any kind of bladed weapon, such as a knife, shiv, or razor.
Watch out in that neighborhood, everyone there is carrying a filo. / They threatened him with a filo to rob him.
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A knockout drug or knockout powder used to drug someone, usually for a robbery. (It refers to scopolamine, which is often slipped into drinks or applied to flyers and documents so the victim absorbs it through their skin).
'They put burundanga on the papers.' 'Watch out for the burundanga.'
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Describes someone who has been robbed or stripped of their belongings.
They left me tumba'o : I am afraid they are going to leave me tumba'o
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An illegal toll or shakedown where a thug demands money from someone to allow them passage through a street or neighborhood (commonly occurring in gang-controlled areas called barrios).
If you want to pass, pay me the pasaje. The pasaje is 5,000 if you want to go over there.
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A shortened version of the word malandro, used to describe a thug, hoodlum, or street criminal.
Hey, stop the landro. That is the landro from the big house.
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A career criminal or thug who repeatedly victimizes a specific neighborhood. It is a term used by the police to refer to a local menace or habitual thief (in Venezuela, a barrio refers specifically to a low-income slum).
There are many cases of Azote de barrio around here. That thug is an Azote de barrio.
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In a school context, a cheat sheet or notes used by a student to cheat on an exam.
I'm in the habit of making a chivo for the national exams.
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To rob or mug someone, typically referring to the act of driving around searching for targets to hold up on the street.
Let's go raquetear your mom.
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A thief, crook, or burglar. (Commonly used throughout the Spanish-speaking world to refer to someone who steals).
Some chorizos broke in and cleaned out my house.
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To steal, mug, or snatch someone's belongings, the typical behavior of a thief (often called a chorro or chorizo in Argentina).
They chorearon my sneakers.
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The Dominican Revolutionary Party. Founded in 1939, it first took power in 1962 but was ousted by a coup, triggering the 1965 civil war. Since founder Juan Bosch (a prominent intellectual and politician) left in disgust, the party has devolved from a democratic movement into a collection of factions chasing private interests. Members are stereotyped as ignorant, incompetent, and power-hungry populists who mimic the speaking style of historical figures like Jose Francisco Pena Gomez. They offer fierce, arbitrary opposition when out of power, but once in office, they practice the same things they criticized, often saying 'power is meant to be used' or 'it is better to be on top under pressure than at the bottom in a depression.'
Those who have no memory vote for the PRD.
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To run an errand or handle business. In street slang, it specifically means carrying out a job or task, which is often shady or illegal.
How did it go doing the buelta, dude?
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A slang term for the police in Argentina, particularly common in the province of Cordoba.
Let's go, the Cobani are coming.
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Acronym for the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation. It is mockingly categorized as an OCAS (Office for Complicating Simple Matters). While its role is to regulate and grow the local aviation sector, it is criticized for being bloated, employing 2,000 people to regulate only 1,000, and for favoring foreign airlines over domestic ones. Historically, its directors have been political appointees (lawyers, dentists, etc.) rather than aviation experts, a result of the country's long-standing system of political patronage.
I intend to start a Dominican flagship airline for international wide-body flights, but the IDAC is making it impossible for me. Military pilots are taking jobs from those who paid for their own flight training because the IDAC grants civilian licenses to the military.
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To swipe or raid fruit from someone else's trees.
Don't go messing around maroteando mangoes on the colonel's farm.
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A state of systemic corruption where everyone is snatching whatever they can. Since everyone is involved in the looting, nobody has the moral authority to point fingers at others. It is similar to a chaotic free-for-all (the term comes from the verb coger, meaning to grab or take).
The Dominican Republic.
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A deadbeat, or someone who is chronically late with payments and avoids their debts.
"Poor people are not mala paga", Danilo Medina (Medina is a former president of the Dominican Republic).
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To swindle someone or be ripped off by trading something of high value for something worthless. (This refers to when Spanish colonizers traded glass mirrors and trinkets to the indigenous Taino people in exchange for real gold.)
There is the candidate, giving oro por espejitos.
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A situation where people are grabbing or taking a lot of something for themselves, most commonly referring to money (this term typically implies a racket, graft, or a corruption scheme where everyone is taking a cut).
They have a real cojioca going on in that company.
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To pocket money or keep an item when the other person forgets to collect payment, often used in the context of shared taxi fare collectors or neighborhood grocery store delivery workers (a colmado is a small Dominican convenience store).
Me liquide with the driver... he forgot to charge me. Hehe.
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The act of running off with someone else's property and leaving the victim looking like a total sucker. It refers to a rip-off, a swindle, or a theft where the victim is outsmarted.
- Yo, did you hear what Cakito did to Bocaeperro? - No, man! What happened? - He pulled a tumbe on him for his Jordans (high-value sneakers are a major status symbol). - Damn! What a rip-off!
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A revolution that steals Venezuelan resources, specifically the 21st Century Socialism movement (a play on the words robo, meaning theft, and revolution).
21st century socialism is the robolución that robs the Venezuelan people.
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A political party in the Dominican Republic known for taxing people like crazy just to justify the money they split among themselves: basically, a huge pack of big-time thieves. (The PLD is the Dominican Liberation Party).
Jesus Felix, Luis Inchausti, Leonel, OF COURSE! And all the others, and also the ones on the ghost payrolls, those guys are real hustling sons of a...
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A multi-million dollar project built in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, without any justifiable reason, which honestly would have served a better purpose if the money had been used as toilet paper (refers to the Santo Domingo Metro, which many locals view as a vanity project that ignored more urgent infrastructure needs).
In the Dominican Republic we have no power, we have no food, we have no money, we have no education, but WE HAVE A METRO.
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Something that can be done very easily, without putting in much effort or taking up much time.
A: Man, those sneakers drying in the sun are a 2 por 3, let's snatch them! B: Shit yeah man, let's go!
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Something really easy or an easy opportunity. It refers to a task or situation that is as simple as a basic multiplication problem.
A: Dude, did you see that 2 por 3? B: Where? A: The pants hanging on the clothesline, let's go grab them. B: Let's go!
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A sneaky trick, scheme, or hustle used to deceive or take advantage of someone. It is a crafty, subtle maneuver meant to get something out of a situation or person.
And what about that marrulla you pulled on Pedro at the corner store?
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