Definitions tagged vividor in the street dictionary.
An adjective for someone who is exceptionally slick or opportunistic, possessing a talent for taking advantage of people or situations for personal gain (in many Latin American countries, this trait is seen as a mix of street-smarts and being a bit of a shark).
Your cousin is very vivo, he left his ex-wife without a single cent.
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A nickname for a lovable rogue, a lazy bum, or a total flake. It refers to that friend who is completely unproductive but somehow gets away with it because of their charming or eccentric personality (short for atorrante).
We went to the atorra's house to pick him up to play pool and he wouldn't answer. It was four in the afternoon and he was still sleeping.
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A person who lives at the expense of others. It refers to a pimp who lives off the earnings of sex workers, a kept man who is financially supported by his partner instead of working, or a freeloader who avoids paying his share when drinking with friends.
You are being a Chulo to that woman. Since you are a Chulo, pay your share for the case of beer. Juan is the Chulo for the prostitutes on the corner.
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Used in Guadalajara to describe a dedicated party animal or someone who loves to celebrate. Based on the rhythmic sound of the word, it is believed the person who coined it was trying to describe their own state while in the middle of a wild bash (Guadalajara is a city and province in central Spain).
Going out to party with this gurrumbainas is a lot of fun.
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A kept man, gigolo, or freeloader who is financially supported by a woman. (Originally referred to an Argentine police code for pimping).
A lazy ocho cuarenta.
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A man who loves the high life (money, clothes, and women) but funds it by using a girlfriend or a friend. He is a parasite who drinks for free at social gatherings, borrows money or clothes he never returns, and raids his friends' kitchens. (Note: coros are Dominican hangouts).
A man who drinks on his friend's dime and never has money to buy a round is a total Chapiador.
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A man who loves having money, living large, dressing sharp, and drinking expensive liquor at the expense of a woman or a friend. He is a male gold digger or a chronic moocher who uses others to maintain a lifestyle he cannot afford. (In the Dominican Republic, this describes a man who acts as a financial parasite in his romantic and social circles).
A man who is financially supported by a woman. A Chapiador borrows money or clothes from a friend and never returns them. He is the first to start drinking the rum at a social gathering (coro) without contributing a cent, or he visits a friend just to empty their fridge.
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A male gold-digger or hustler who targets older women or gay men to manipulate them for money or gifts. (The term derives from the verb for clearing brush with a machete, implying the act of clearing out someone's bank account).
That Chapeador sleeps with gay men for money.
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A lazy person who avoids work or responsibilities, a slacker.
You are a mooching, total OBACHON.
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A term for people who avoid working and instead expect someone else to support them financially. (In the Dominican Republic, 'cuartos' is the standard slang for money).
Estela: Look at Patria all dressed up, she must be milking that poor old man for money. Tania: Estela, just leave her alone, she is nothing but a vividora, that pig putting up with that old geezer.
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A young guy who is always dressed to impress 24/7 in the street, living mostly for his physical appearance.
The young girl is getting him all pressed for being a bonitillo (in the Dominican Republic, a menol refers to a young woman or teenager).
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A shameless freeloader, or an entitled, rude person (a term used primarily by Afro-Mexican communities in coastal regions).
Hey carota é verga, don't you dare start working. Look at this carota é verga, the lazy bastard just wants to be a bum.
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A teacher, literally meaning a tick, used as a derogatory term for someone annoying or parasitic.
My dog also had that Garrapata.
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A moocher or freeloader, specifically someone who attends parties or social gatherings but never chips in any money.
Mario is a huge camatrón because he just wants to eat without contributing anything.
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A freeloader or moocher who lives at someone else's expense (Avenida Duarte is a busy commercial street in Santo Domingo where people go to hustle or engage in street life).
Look, you big kamajan, go pick up men on Duarte because you have got me totally cleaned out!
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A freeloading brother-in-law who moves into your house indefinitely after a short visit. He is chronically unemployed, wears your clothes, eats you out of house and home, and drinks more rum than you. He might even move his pregnant girlfriend into your home. He sucks up to you by laughing at all your nonsense to stay in your good graces, but remains useful for running errands or acting as a wingman to find you other women.
Chire: I am fed up with this damn un valito. Rolandor: Stop your whining, Chire, you love the chaos: you won the jackpot with that guy (a pale is a popular Dominican lottery game).
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A moocher or freeloader who lives off someone else without contributing anything in return.
Doña H's daughters are two Paracito. They are a couple of leeches. They do not lift a finger, not even for a karate chop! (The phrase no dar un golpe is a common Dominican idiom meaning to not work at all).
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A lazy bum or a mooch who refuses to work for what they need and prefers to live off other people.
Stop being a vago and earn your daily bread with your own sweat.
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1. A parasitic insect that lives off the blood it sucks from animals like dogs, cats, horses, or cows. 2. A clingy or overbearing person who smothers, controls, or lives off someone else.
1. That dog is full of Garrapatas. 2. You are like a Garrapata always following that man around.
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1. Adjective used to describe something fun, cool, or pleasant. 2. A man who lives off women, a gigolo, or a smooth-talker who gets women to pay for his lifestyle.
Luis is a Chulo. Look at how he lives without lifting a finger, he has never worked a day in his life.
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