Dominican Idioms and Popular Expressions
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saltapatrá |
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Uncultured, person without any value, a "nobody". |
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san |
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An informal savings method by which several people alternate to receive the total amount of the fixed contributions that is made by each person in the group at a predetermined time intervals. |
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sangrú |
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Unpleasant person, not nice, mean, nasty. |
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sanki-panki |
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Man who is usually found in the coastal zones and who lives on the relations he establishes with foreigners. |
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sica |
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excrement, feces. |
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suape |
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Tool used to clean floors. Mop. Also, it is said that someone has a "suape" after he/she has drank too much. |
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suapear/suapiar |
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Trapear. |
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"suapiar o trapiar el piso alguien" |
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To mop or to wipe. |