Definitions tagged vida in the street dictionary.
Used as a synonym for to affect, trouble, or afflict. It describes being struck or plagued by negative circumstances, illnesses, or problems.
Today many viral illnesses AQUEJAN us. / Moments of high stress always AQUEJAN us.
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Refers to someone who is immature, inexperienced, or naive. It describes a person who lacks life experience or has not yet learned the ropes in a specific task or situation.
The new kid is constantly screwing up. He is still very verde.
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Describes someone who is healthy and active after surviving a major accident, illness, or crisis. While vivito means alive, coleando (wagging one's tail) implies the person is not just surviving but is back to their normal routine and enjoying life.
Did you hear that Leonardo is vivito y coleando? / Yeah of course, I am vivito y coleando, even though many expected to see me at the cemetery. / Hey, it is great that you are vivito y coleando brother, what a joy.
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An expression meaning for real or seriously. It became popular due to the influence of Panamanian reggae, as local singers use the phrase in their songs to emphasize their sincerity (often referred to locally as Plena).
Things are really tough, man. En vida real. / En la real de la leyenda, I love that girl a lot.
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To know how to get by or manage to make a living, especially in difficult situations.
I am bandearse there with the money. I am trying to bandearse.
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Unwritten rules or facts of life that people are expected to respect.
Like not being allowed to sell animals, those are leyes.
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That characteristic scent found in perfume shops that is created by the combination of every different fragrance in the air.
It smelled like mezclume when I walked past the perfume shop.
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A way to say you are in the loop or know what is going on. (Shortened from 'que es lo que hay', it is the most common Dominican greeting, equivalent to 'what is up').
Klk, what is wrong with you bro, how is it going?
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A holistic discipline and science that studies the Laws of Life and Hermetic principles: it explains their effects on the mind, body, and human relationships to help resolve personal conflicts. (A term used in certain Mexican New Age and alternative health circles.)
A teaching based on the Laws of Life, aimed at encouraging the evolution of your consciousness and biological, psychological, and social health so that you achieve greater fulfillment in your daily life.
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The act of coming back to life after being dead.
He goes from being a dead being to a living being.
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A holistic system that studies the Laws of Life based on Hermetic principles and the book The Kybalion. It seeks to explain how these laws affect the mind, body, and human experiences to help resolve conflicts and improve relationships. It uses self-knowledge and emotional intelligence to build habits for inner peace, emphasizing evolution through love and awareness in the present moment. (This term is associated with specific niche spiritual coaching movements in Mexico).
Teaching how to cultivate prudence for making life decisions through observation: to reveal and make understandable each of the Laws governing human life and the prudence to consciously contemplate their effects in every moment.
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To work small odd jobs or minor gigs just to survive. It refers to hustling for small change when steady work is unavailable (comes from chele, a Dominican term for a cent or penny).
So many great merengue musicians from back in the day are just cheleando now.
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The peak of excellence or high-class status, used to describe something that is top-tier or of premium quality.
Like the Don Omar song, 'that magic polvo that casts a spell' (polvo is slang for a sexual encounter or a powder).
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The negation of one's self.
Every feeling of Miedo is actually an inability to face the truth, wishing it were different for one's own benefit.
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