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Vintage

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hi all i read alot of funny stuff on here
and i see alot of words i dont understand or know the meaning for

tigre?
expat?
gringo?

there are quite a few more but i dont remember what they are at the moment

would someone care to give the definition of these terminologies?

forgive my lack of undersanding

thanks
 
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Chirimoya

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Tigre is actually 'tiguere' - can just mean guy in Dominican slang, but more specifically a street guy, or even a criminal.
Expat is short for expatriate, a person who lives in another country by choice. Not like an immigrant, but someone who chooses to live in another country for lifestyle rather than economic/political reasons and does not always mix or integrate with the locals.
Gringo is slang for foreigner. In some countries it means specifically someone from the US, in the DR and others it is used for all North American/northern European foreigners.
 
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jrhartley

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you can usually tell what the word means from the context it is used...does anyone else find it annoying when people drop in a spanish word when they are typing en ingl?s
 
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Ezequiel

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Vintage said:
thanks very much for that info
what about
Bruga or bruja ?
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Maybe you mean Brugal?

It's a Dominican Rum brand.

Like Quirimoya said Bruja is a Witch, but i doubt you ever read the word BRUJA in this forum so it must be BRUGAL.
 
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Ezequiel

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jrhartley said:
you can usually tell what the word means from the context it is used...does anyone else find it annoying when people drop in a spanish word when they are typing en ingl?s
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There are some Dominicanismo ""Dominican usage of words"" that it's better NOT translate it in English, like: TIGUE, TOCAYO/A, PALOMO/A, CHOPO/A .

If the conversation is about Canada, The U.S.A or England you won't see word in Spanish mix with English but it's inavertable in a DR conversation.

I hope that help.
 
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jrhartley

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i was thinking more along the lines of mi novia or mi esposa appearing in English sentences....it makes my teeth grate
 
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does anyone else find it annoying when people drop in a spanish word when they are typing en ingl?s

jr, how does one explain about consulting a bruja over a Brugal while being molestado by tigueres, without using those words?

Oy vay!
 
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drloca

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jrhartley said:
I consulted a witch over a bottle of rum whilst being bothered by a rogish fellow ?
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Whilst something is generally "lost" in translation, you seem to have done a great job;)!

But "rogish fellow" just sounds too polite when a "tiguere" comes to mind.



Jaw still clenched?? lol
 
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Norma Rosa

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catcherintherye said:
does anyone else find it annoying when people drop in a spanish word when they are typing en ingl?s

jr, how does one explain about consulting a bruja over a Brugal while being molestado by tigueres, without using those words?

Oy vay!
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When writing, choose a different font for that foreign term; some people use quotation marks.
 
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Back to the OP's second question, bruja and brujita, like many other seemingly negative words, are used pretty often between Dominicans as a sort of nickname. Ive never heard it in a negative way as you'd use it in English.
 
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DavidZ said:
Back to the OP's second question, bruja and brujita, like many other seemingly negative words, are used pretty often between Dominicans as a sort of nickname. Ive never heard it in a negative way as you'd use it in English.
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A positive way they use it in the D.R. is to say someone is clever
 
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