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Tag: samba

Definitions tagged samba in the street dictionary.

Sambá

A punching bag, used to describe someone who passively endures mistreatment, abuse, or hardship without complaining or fighting back. It is a phonetic adaptation of the English word sandbag.

Dominicans are hit every week with tax hikes, rising gas prices, food costs, and fees for legal documents from the JCE (the government agency for civil registry), yet they don't even flinch. A perfect Sambá!

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo

Aguantagolpes

A person who is everyone's punching bag and is scared of everybody. Because of this, they are easily bullied or treated like a pushover.

Juanita's son is an Aguantagolpes for the neighborhood kids.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo