Dominican Republicdímelo
interjection, phrase · Informal · DEE-meh-loh
Talk to me — a greeting rather than a request for information. Answering a phone with it is normal, and so is saying it to someone walking past.
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Dominican Republic
Dominican Slang for Greetings & Address
4 Dominican slang terms for greetings & address, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
How people open a conversation and what they call each other. These terms carry the most social information of any slang category: one wrong choice marks you as an outsider, or worse, as rude.
loco
noun, interjection · Informal · LOH-koh
Man, dude — a vocative tacked onto almost any sentence between male friends. It carries no suggestion that the person addressed is insane.
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manín
noun · Informal · mah-NEEN
Bro, mate. A term of address between men who are friends or want to sound friendly. Warmer than loco and with none of its edge.
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qué lo que
phrase, interjection · Informal · keh loh KEH
What's up? The default Dominican greeting, used between friends, between strangers of similar age, and shouted across a street. It expects either the same phrase back or 'tranquilo'.
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