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[Chirimoya]

Vaina also means a pod - vainitas are green beans, it's also the root of vanilla - vainilla. Similar to sheath.

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary ? 2005 Oxford University Press:
vaina sustantivo femenino

1. (de espada) scabbard;
(de navaja) sheath

2. (Bot) (de habas, etc) pod

3. (Col, Per, Ven fam)
1. (problema, contrariedad): ?qu? ~! what a drag o pain (colloq);
la ~ es que no s? c?mo the thing o problem is that I don't know how;
estoy metida en una ~ I'm in a spot of trouble (colloq)
2. (cosa, asunto) thing, thingamajig (colloq)
3. (comportamiento sospechoso): ten?an una ~ they were up to something funny;
?qu? ~ te traes t?? what are you up to?

 

[ExtremeR]

On the "Vaina" word here is Boruga (one of the most famous comediants) take on it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwQm0O-CYA

 

[Big_Poppi2]

okay, so is there some program where dominicano spanish is taught, what do you all think about Rossetta stone??? and I need to really get better at speaking native spainish like a true dominicano. You see, my dad is from Puerto Plata, and now I have two kids(a girl(18 months, and a boy 6 months) and I want to take them back to visit our family in Puerto Plata but I also want to teach them their heritage and language and all that includes, so help!!! ha, ha, ha gracias

 

[donP]

Spainish

and I need to really get better at speaking native spainish like a true dominicano.

Do your kids a favour and teach them proper Spanish, not the Dominican idiom.
:ermm:

 

[jrhartley]

I would presume Spanish is slightly different in puerto rico, but Im usually wrong lol

 

[Juniper]

Puerto Rico? I thought they were talking about Puerto Plata.

 

[jrhartley]

I told you I was usually wrong lol