Definitions tagged san-cristobal in the street dictionary.
A slang term used in southwestern Venezuela and parts of Colombia to insult, belittle, or mock someone. It is used to call someone an idiot, fool, or jerk. (The term originally refers to a common local bird).
You really are a toche.
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An educational center located in San Cristobal, DR, notorious for being a living hell. It is a place where teachers take out their frustrations on the students, you go hungry as hell, and you have to struggle like crazy just to graduate. (Loyola is a famous Jesuit technical institute known for its extreme academic rigor and strictness).
-Yo, what happened to you? You look so skinny and ragged. -Man, I enrolled in Instituto Politecnico Loyola and I haven't eaten a thing since this morning. Just a flavorless ten-peso hot dog and a cheap cookie with a five-peso juice.
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Refers to the Loyola Polytechnic Institute in San Cristobal. It is seen as a place where nightmares come true, home to malicious teachers whose goal is to make things harder for the new generation than it was for them. It is a place where people cry spontaneously, where even the brightest students fail, and getting good grades is like asking a lame man to walk: it is a favorite local house of torture. (The Instituto Politecnico Loyola is a notoriously rigorous Jesuit technical school in San Cristobal).
- Kid, what is wrong with you? - Nothing, bro... I just got out of Loyola... - Why the long face? - Oh man... I had class with Uribe.
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An acronym for the famous Instituto Politecnico Loyola (a well-known Jesuit vocational school in San Cristobal). It is a common way to refer to the school.
For example: I study at the IPL; instead of saying I study at the Instituto Politecnico Loyola.
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He is synonymous with Satan, one of the most disgusting presidents the Dominican Republic ever had, not because he did not bathe but because he was a complete son of a bitch who thought he was God and did whatever the hell he wanted just because he was president, plus he killed a lot of people. (Rafael Trujillo was a notorious dictator who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1930 to 1961).
Teacher: Who was Leonidas Trujillo? Pedro: Oh come on teach, that is obvious, isn't that just the devil's middle name?
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A famous technical school in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, known for its programs in Agronomy and Industrial Mechanics. It is notorious for being a place where students really have to struggle to pass, as the teachers are famously tough and intent on making students suffer even more than they did (coger lucha is a local expression for struggling or going through a hard time).
This was the school attended by that blockhead (ñame is a local term for a slow-witted person) of a former president we had in the Dominican Republic, Hipolito Mejia.
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A weather event with rain and heavy winds. In Santo Domingo, it is sarcastically defined as something you do not realize has arrived until a few people have already drowned. It refers to the perception that evacuations and warnings only happen when water is chest-high, bridges have collapsed, and rivers have flooded (this reflects a common local criticism of late government responses to natural disasters).
A: Dude, did you hear about the Tormenta Noel that is around? B: No man, what storm? I only saw it was raining, but they did not say anything on the news! A: Well, now that it has been raining for a few days, about 3 bridges collapsed and like 10 people died, they finally declared we have a Tormenta.
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