- ˇ QUE LECHE !
- Imagine you have just hit the jackpot in the lottery or got your well paid dream job;
that's when Dominican will acclaim with ˇ que leche !
- QUE SE ACABÓ
- you will hear this in combination with verbs like:
- eat: We sat down on for the special buffet and ate que se acabó
- work: I locked myself in the office this weekend and worked que se acabó
Also used frequently to underline a certain significant caracteristic of a person:
She is very well educated and willing but ugly que se acabó!
- QUINIELA
- Betting and gambling is more than popular among Dominicans; because most of them
have very limited financial resources the most favorite activity is to participate in pools for
sports bets and the lottery; it is a must to contribute to the weekly quiniela of your neighborhood.
- QUINIELERO - A
- If you want to have a go on the quiniela, you need a quinielero ; they also play
a sort of "little lotto" where you bet on the last two numbers of the winning numbers of the
state lotterie's weekly draws.
- RASPON
- In Colombia you put it on your head to protect yourself against the sun, over here it is the results on your
skin -- or better the missing skin -- after you have forgotten to protect yourself while all day on the beach !
- RAYARLE
- Usually used in the phrase rayarle (a uno) el disco which does
more psychological than physical harm to a person; imagine you just fell in love with a girl and later her brothers
pay you a visit telling you that she is already married and to leave her alone ...
- REBULICIO
- Actually spelled correctly with double "l", Dominican campesinos frequently use it for any sort of annoying
disturbance in their daily life: "Our family reunion started out really great but after the boys got drunk the began a fight
and our fiesta ended in such a rebulicio !
- RECORTE
- As in Puerto Rico, Dominicans visit the barber shop or hairdresser for their recorte unless you are
a gardener who is told to trim the bushes.
- REGUERO
- Imagine you invite 10+ kids to play with your son's or daughter's new toys, after 2 hours you take a look at what
the noise is all about and find the living room in state of reguero !
- RELOJEAR, RELOJEADOR-A
- Older generations of Dominicans still recall the times when they spotted strange people with khaki drill clothing and
dark sunglasses screening the neighborhood -- they felt relojeared ! Still today you will hear the noun describing the
person in your block who notices and hears all the gossip and feeds the rumors.
- REMESÓN - REMENIÓN
- Usually used by Latinos to describe a bunch of body hair torn off, Dominicans have something else in mind:
A remenión, as it is rather pronounced over here, is the art to continuously and rapidly move the
lower parts of your body while doing the merengue.
- REPAJILAR
- This is the Dominican way to scare kids away from dangerous hiding places or play grounds and return them to their homes
; you will here a concerned mother shout across to the neighbor's : When you catch my kids playing in this mudhole
again -- repajilalo back to my house !
- REQUILORIO
- Strong persuaders use the means of requilorios to successfully make another person do the right thing.
- RESACA
- The unpleasant experience and pains as results of last night's fiesta and the amount of drinks consumed.
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