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Dominican Spanish depends much on the context. I am part of masters swimming in Santo Domingo and the lane of the best swimmers is where the "monstros" swim. In that same context, a "bestia" could be used in a positive connotation as mentioned above.But "caballo" is also good and has more positive connotations than "bestia" which usually is connotation of outstanding strength..
I know. If you call someone a "bestia" in a gym, as an example, it has the positive connotation that he/she can deal w/rigorous workouts.
I swim the waves on the East Coast. Back home swim laps w/the Yonkers Swim Club. I love pulling and pushing water. The health benefits are priceless. Keep swimming.
Loose end: I asked a Dominicana "de pura cepa" (Dominican through and through is the figurative) what guiri and/or guiri guiri meant to her. She didn't know about guiri but said that guiri guiri referred to merengues tipico (old school typical merengues), i.e., perico ripiao. This latter would fit how suarezn used it in previous post.
"Word up" to me means "For sure", "You got it right", etc...along those lines.
DV8: I would imagine the "Una gente que quiere pelear" was referring to guiri. I can see that it can be used in that situation, but it would be referring to someone who acts like he/she wants to fight, but not really. That's really what it means..."acting like...but making excuses or being loud and obnoxious". So for instance you ask a girl out and she's giving you all kinds of excuses as to why she can't (Not that it ever happened to me :cheeky
you could say to her "Deja tu guiri guiri" are you going to go out or not? Another example...you're trying to concentrate and kids are being noisy nearby, you could say "Pol favol (you have to use the Dominican accent) or Diablo dejen ese guiri guiri que tienen ahi..."
DV8: I would imagine the "Una gente que quiere pelear" was referring to guiri. I can see that it can be used in that situation, but it would be referring to someone who acts like he/she wants to fight, but not really. That's really what it means..."acting like...but making excuses or being loud and obnoxious". So for instance you ask a girl out and she's giving you all kinds of excuses as to why she can't (Not that it ever happened to me :cheeky
you could say to her "Deja tu guiri guiri" are you going to go out or not? Another example...you're trying to concentrate and kids are being noisy nearby, you could say "Pol favol (you have to use the Dominican accent) or Diablo dejen ese guiri guiri que tienen ahi...""Word up" to me means "For sure", "You got it right", etc...along those lines.
DV8: I would imagine the "Una gente que quiere pelear" was referring to guiri. I can see that it can be used in that situation, but it would be referring to someone who acts like he/she wants to fight, but not really. That's really what it means..."acting like...but making excuses or being loud and obnoxious". So for instance you ask a girl out and she's giving you all kinds of excuses as to why she can't (Not that it ever happened to me :cheeky
The use of word in "word up," or to get even more street, "word 'em up" refers that you are sanctioning/validating agreement to the theme in conversation w/your word, as far as I understand and use it. No differing opinion, just adding.
Then, regarding guiri guiri could your use also refer to excess, loudness, and quick tempo of perico, i.e., "Deja tu perico ripiao (guiri guiri)" are you going to go out or not?
it's possible she had no idea what it means but would not admit it. normal. out of three dominicans i asked only one have the meaning corresponding with what dolores said. i think it shows that even the native users of the language are not familiar with extra meaning of words here.
This makes sense to me - even in English we say "healthy as a horse" in a positive way, and my grandson is quite the athlete, they call him a beast because he's strong and good.