piu piu
An onomatopoeia used to mimic the sound of a gunshot, equivalent to 'bang bang' or 'pew pew' in English.
The Joker fired his weapon: piu piu!
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Tag: sonido
Definitions tagged sonido in the street dictionary.
PerúSonidista
A clout chaser or social media attention seeker who has thousands of friends and posts daily to get likes, even messaging people to ask for them when they feel lonely.
Your fresh kid, #blessed #hustler, your real neighborhood lady (del patio refers to being from the local neighborhood or country), your hype (sofoke is Dominican slang for someone with an intense or stylish presence), etc.
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República DominicanaGargajuelo
A rattling or gurgling sound produced in the throat, specifically the death rattle characteristic of someone who is dying.
Andrea's Gargajuelo is bothering me.
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bulla
A loud noise, racket, or commotion, usually referring to people shouting or making a scene.
'Stop making so much bulla' and 'They are going to kick us out of here with all this bulla'
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VenezuelaMusicólogo
While the word technically refers to an academic music scholar, in the Dominican Republic it is used for people who install massive sound systems in their cars to blast music as loudly as possible (these individuals often gather in public spaces for volume competitions known as voceteo).
That pack of musicólogos in the parking lot won't let anyone sleep.
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graznido
The squawk or caw produced by certain birds, such as crows, ravens, or herons.
The graznido of the crow.
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Uruguayridimongopaya
A derogatory term used to describe someone who is simultaneously an embarrassing fool, a slow-witted idiot, and a total clown. It is a portmanteau of three Spanish words: ridiculo (ridiculous), mongolo (slang for someone slow or stupid), and payaso (clown).
A girl (let's call her V) gets into a fight with another girl (let's call her R) at a resort, and girl V tells her: You are a ridimongopaya.
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dembow
A style of pseudo-music based on rhythms from Jamaican reggae and reggaeton, which is often mistakenly called a musical genre in the Dominican Republic. The name comes from the early 90s Shabba Ranks track Dem Bow. It lacks complex instrumentation, instead using a looped 20-year-old sample with very little variation. It is essentially the Dominican version of what Puerto Rican reggaeton was decades ago: a prefabricated beat with rapping over it, requiring no formal musical scale or vocal ability. The lyrics generally lack literary quality or logic due to the performers' lack of education, often consisting of a few verses and a single phrase repeated over and over.
dembow is the retarded little brother of reggaeton.
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Vitrola
A phonograph, gramophone, or record player console. Basically, any old-school or vintage sound system. (The term is derived from the Victrola brand name).
They had a Vitrola from the 20s in the museum.
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Música de amargue
An old name, still in use today, for bachata music, referring to its lyrics about romance and heartbreak. (Bachata is a genre of guitar based music from the Dominican Republic once associated with the rural poor and drinking to forget a broken heart.)
The Desperate Woman of the Música de amargue.
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Discolight
A truck or vehicle rigged with massive speakers designed to blast music at the highest volume possible, often to the point where it just sounds like noise. They are sometimes nicknamed peynadoras (referring to their heavy use during the political campaign of Jacinto Peynado, a prominent Dominican politician).
The Discolight first started being used in Brazil in the 40s, where they call them Trio Elétrico.
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tronido
A loud cracking or snapping sound, like something is breaking.
A sad scenario: if you hear a tronido, it is my heart.
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ChileCrachi Crachi
An onomatopoeia for the squeaky or creaking sound made by old beds and mattresses.
My bed is going crachi crachi.
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Música de muertos
A slang term Dominicans use for classical music because it is not danceable. It is most commonly heard on the radio during Holy Week (a religious period when stations traditionally replace upbeat genres like merengue with somber music).
- Hey, that is Vivaldi. - Turn off that música de muertos and put on Monkey Black, that is real culture.
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Meketrefe
An audiovisual production company based in Valencia, Spain.
meketrefe
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EspañaCancaneo
The distinctive mechanical sound or engine noise made by a manual transmission vehicle when shifting gears.
I love the cancaneo of your truck.
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