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london777

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For some strange reason I often feel moved to use the word "lazy" in the DR.

My large Collins dictionary suggests "holgazan" or "perezoso" but I have not had much success with either of those here. Either they are not understood or mean something different.

The consensus among some Dominicans was a word something like "aragan" but they couldn't spell it and I cannot find it in my dictionary.

Any ideas?
 
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Naked_Snake

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london777 said:
For some strange reason I often feel moved to use the word "lazy" in the DR.

My large Collins dictionary suggests "holgazan" or "perezoso" but I have not had much success with either of those here. Either they are not understood or mean something different.

The consensus among some Dominicans was a word something like "aragan" but they couldn't spell it and I cannot find it in my dictionary.

Any ideas?
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It's actually spelled "harag?n". Of course, the Dominican slang being what it is, there are some people pronouncing it as jaragan.
 
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grumpy

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We sometimes say "mas flojo que mierda de pato" to give it a bit more emphasis.
 
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I've only heard flojo used when business is slow.... someone who is slow isn't necessarily lazy.

How about holgaz?n?
 
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Castle

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Harag?n (pronunciated Jarag?n) is the most common word by far, but flojo is also used.
 
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dv8

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i always use flojo. but mas flojo que mierda de pato seems to hold a lot more appeal.
 
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