Dominican Republicaguaje
noun · Colloquial · ah-GWAH-heh
Bluster; a threat or boast with nothing behind it. 'Eso e' puro aguaje' is the standard verdict on someone loudly promising what they will not do.
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Dominican Republic
Dominican Slang for Filler Words
6 Dominican slang terms for filler words, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
The small words that hold speech together: hedges, tags, intensifiers and pause-fillers. Almost invisible to native speakers and almost impossible for learners.
chercha
noun · Colloquial · CHER-chah
Banter; loud, joking, teasing talk among a group. A chercha is a conversation whose purpose is the noise it makes, not the information in it.
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dique
adverb, phrase · Colloquial · DEE-keh
Supposedly; apparently — and nearly always with the speaker's disbelief attached. 'Dique tá enfermo' means he says he is ill and I do not believe him.
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ombe
interjection · Colloquial · OM-beh
Oh come on; man alive. A discourse particle of remonstration, dropped at the front of a sentence to signal that the speaker has had enough.
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poique
phrase · Regional · POY-keh
Porque — 'because' — as it is pronounced in the Cibao valley, where syllable-final /l/ and /r/ turn into an i. The same rule gives veidá for verdad, capitai for capital and cuaito for cuarto.
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ta' to'
phrase, interjection · Informal · tah-TOH
All good; it's sorted; deal. The standard sign-off on an agreement and the standard answer to '¿qué lo que?'.
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