Lovey-Dovey in Dominican

[AnnaC]

I'll put them all together for you.

Name used on males

cielo mio/ sky of mine
amado mio/ love of mine
mi amor / my life
Vida mia. life mine
Mi rey/ my king
mi cielo/ my sky
amorcito.
Luz de mi vida/ light of my life
Mi Principe/ my prince
Amor/ love
Amorsote/ big love
precioso/ precious
Papi
Mi vida/ my life
Bebe
Cari?o
Hermoso/ good looking
mi corazon/ my heart
Chulo/ something like baby


Some make no sense at all if you translate them. For example " mi cielo & cielo mio" is often used and means "my sky" but sounds great in Spanish.

 

[purefolie]

Querido/a

one more... querido o querida. (ch?ri (e), beloved)

 

[Baby Girl]

Terms

Thanks Anna and purefolie
ill keep them in mind

 

[Keith R]

I'll put them all together for you.

Name used on males

cielo mio/ sky of mine
amado mio/ love of mine
mi amor / my life
Vida mia. life mine
Mi rey/ my king
mi cielo/ my sky
amorcito.
Luz de mi vida/ light of my life
Mi Principe/ my prince
Amor/ love
Amorsote/ big love
precioso/ precious
Papi
Mi vida/ my life
Bebe
Cari?o
Hermoso/ good looking
mi corazon/ my heart
Chulo/ something like baby


Some make no sense at all if you translate them. For example " mi cielo & cielo mio" is often used and means "my sky" but sounds great in Spanish.

Actually, Anna, "cielo" also means "heaven," and that's what it's used for in this context. Make more sense now?

 

[Jon S.]

Paqueton means alot, as in, "Vamos a hablar un paqueton". Disregard how cubans use it...the DR is a different country. Latin countires use the same words in different ways. This is just one instance of that.

[/QUOTE]

Definitely different meaning depending on the location. Such as bizcocho in Mexico. It means the female's private parts. Don't do like a Puerto Rican friend of mine that married a Mexican and she asked for some bizcocho when they went to visit her in-laws in California, she got the strangest looks from Grandma on that one haha. That should only be used when you are in the middle of a pssionate sex session. Don't say 'panocha' either. It means the same thing.

 

[haydee122283]

hehe

how about:
negro
negrito lindo
chulo
chulito
moi
mi amorsote
chulote

those are my favorites! :lick:

 

[Tamborista]

Is that your best Ivy League Spanish?

 

[jmsunlinenet]

So what is the difference between 'amor mio' and 'mi amor'? I have never heard 'amor mio' in the DR, but 'mi amor' is heard all the time.

 

[AnnaC]

I think amor mio is like "love of mine" and mio amor is "my love"

Maybe the Italians use "amor mio" more often than Dominicans do.

 

[sunshine_79]

Nena, amore, baby, mami and jefa (spelling?)

The first time I heard jefa, I got mad because I thought he was calling me a heffer.

There's also another word a friend of mine calls his wife but I can't remember what it is but it means " the woman who bothers the hell out of me ". Does anyone know what I am talking about?

 

[linamia]

could it be Jodona, Jodienda... but that is not by any means a term of endearment

 

[sunshine_79]

could it be Jodona, Jodienda... but that is not by any means a term of endearment

They have been married for 7 years and are still madly in love so for them, it's a TOE. But that might be the word, it sounds familiar.

 

[sweetdbt]

Sunshine,

Are you sure he wasn't saying jefe = "boss"? Not exactly a term of endearment, depending on the circumstances. Could have been intended as humor!

 

[sunshine_79]

Sunshine,

Are you sure he wasn't saying jefe = "boss"? Not exactly a term of endearment, depending on the circumstances. Could have been intended as humor!

He was calling me the feminine version of jefe. But the first time he said it, I really thought he was calling me a vaca. Funny. But now I know

 

[sunshine_79]

and she calls me Bebo. No idea where it came from..

Hey JD - I thought Ingrid called you Big Papa

 

[Chirimoya]

How about 'la grua' (the tow truck) - one of my sisters-in-law used to get called this by her then-husband when she would tell him it was time to go home while the party was still in full swing. Their marriage didn't last too long...

 

[mofi]

Haha chirimoya thats pretty funny, though i have to say if a guy ever called me something like that he wouldn't live long enough to end the marriage. (kidding, but he would be in big trouble)

 

[aegap]

How about 'la grua' (the tow truck) - one of my sisters-in-law used to get called this by her then-husband when she would tell him it was time to go home while the party was still in full swing. Their marriage didn't last too long...

That expression comes from a merengue, famous during the mid 90's, of same name and interpreted by Kinito Mendez.

 

[Chirimoya]

I remember it vaguely. What were the lyrics?

 

[britishgirl]

Mi Cielo.....Mi amor...and My personal favourite.. "Mi Reina" << makes you feel so specialjeje