Definitions tagged sociedad in the street dictionary.
iniquidad refers to wickedness, godlessness, or guilt that is considered more serious than a standard sin. It is any act that goes against morality, justice, and religion (in Colombia, this term often carries a heavy religious weight, implying deep moral corruption).
we can recognize the iniquidad, the crooked path or the deviation from the right path, despite its gravity.
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The phonetic name given by Dominicans to the San Domingo Improvement Company, an American corporation that managed the country's national debt and customs starting in the late 1800s. (A local adaptation of the English word improvement.)
The Santo Domingo Imprúven Co.
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Someone who systematically opposes everything or always holds a contrary opinion to the general consensus. (The term literally refers to a left-handed screw thread, which turns in the opposite direction of a standard one).
Just because you are a rosca izquierda does not mean you are smarter than everyone else.
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Excessive informality or closeness between two men who are not related, typically suggesting to others that they might be gay.
What is with all that mariconfianza with the ranch owner? Or are you just being a suck-up?
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A time frame ranging from thirty minutes to three hours later than the agreed-upon time (In the Dominican Republic, social events rarely start on time, and guests are expected to arrive significantly later than the official invitation says).
We were supposed to meet at 7:00, but it was Hora dominicana and I arrived at 8:45.
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The most popular alternative to formal education, referring to the life lessons and survival tactics learned from living in the street.
School teaches you how to earn what is yours. La calle teaches you how to snatch it away.
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A person who is seen as a square or a buzzkill because they do not give in to peer pressure, resulting in their friends viewing them as boring or out of the loop.
You are such a quedao, supposedly working instead of taking a long weekend.
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Used to describe doing something effortlessly, casually, or as if it were no big deal.
Just as you see me now, I would give you a beating in basketball, normal.
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An informal savings pool common in working-class neighborhoods where participants pay regular installments to a coordinator, who returns the total sum at a scheduled date (this is a community-based alternative to formal banking).
I will pay you next month when I collect the San.
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The opposite of the complejo de Guacanagarix, referring to a blind chauvinism where one believes everything in the Dominican Republic is superior, rejecting any social self-criticism. (Named after Caonabo, a Taino chief who resisted the Spanish, symbolizing fierce local pride.)
we ain't got no education but we'll pump three slugs into you hahahaha you scrub prrrrra
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A widespread mindset in the Dominican Republic that local products and services are inferior to anything foreign. (The term refers to Guacanagarix, a Taino chief who welcomed and sided with Christopher Columbus and the Spanish in 1492.)
So many good engineers in this country, and they call a foreigner to oversee the construction project. These people have such a Complejo de Guacanagarix.
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To show off, brag, or flex. It means flaunting something one owns or can do to look superior.
Don't come here trying to echar vainas with an NSX when I have a Ferrari.
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A dismissive excuse used by society to gloss over a murder. It implies the victim was a criminal and the killing was just business, suggesting they deserved it or that the general public is safe. (In Spain, this is commonly used in news and conversation to categorize violence as a private settling of scores between criminals).
- Hey, what happened the other day? Why did they kill the neighbor? - I think they are saying it was an ajuste de cuentas. - Damn it! I want to know what really happened.
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The feeling of being pushed or peer-pressured by others into doing something, often to fit in or because you feel forced by the group.
At work my friends put Presión Social on me so I act like them.
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An unattractive woman who actively hits on men to get sex. They are often sought after by guys who are also not very good-looking.
That one is a petarda, and she is going to put out in a little while.
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