People who live on the island of Dominica official language is English, French-based patois. Dominica is located right in the Eastern Caribbean, Nestled between 2 French-speaking territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Here are some of Dominica, phrases, meanings available below:

Abur-Abur {equal to bye-bye}

Abombao {when someone had lots to eat.}

A caco {to shave a head bald, especially when trying
to hide their hair loss}

A nivel {used to describe when something is pleasurable,
almost like “really cool”}

Abombarse {rotten or spoiled food, fruit and water}

Ace {powdered soap, laundry soap}

Acechar {to watch or control}

Acetona {Nail polish remover}

Agallú {or Agayú} greedy, when one has more than enough
and does not share. Selfish.

Aguajero {BS’er, full of it, speaks a lot and does nothing,
brags and boasts all the time.}

Agolpear {Golpear} to strike, hit

Ahora {now}

Ahorita {Soon,later, maybe never in “Dominican time”}

Anjá {sort of like saying “What!” “Wow!”}

Ajebrarse {to physically fight with another person}

Ajumao {drunk}

Al trisito {when something is about to happen or almost happened.
“We al tristo wrecked”}

Alante {similar to adelante) to move ahead, go forward, to call
the next person in a line}

Alelao {a man who is a little slow or stupid}

Allantoso {Bragger, phony}

AMET {El AMET} the traffic police

Añuga {to choke}

A su orden {“Your welcome” or “It’s nothing”}

Apechurrao, Apiñao, Apeñucao {to be very tight, to be packed in
like sardines}

Aplatanado {another name for Dominicans. Many do not like being
called this.}

Aplicar {apply for a job}

Apota {intentionally, deliberately}

A po’ ta’ bien {“Ah, it’s OK”}

Arma una piña {to look for a fight}

Arrecho {for a man to be excited sexually, erect}

Arretao´{a very bold person, stupidly brave}

Asorao {surprised}

Avion {literally means airplane) a woman that does sexual favors
for free; an easy woman}

Baboso {idiot, to speak lies}

Bacano {one cool dude}

Bago {person that does not like to work}

Baisma {The Basement}

Bajo {bad smell}

Bakebo {Basketball}

Banca {place to place a bet, gamble} {baseball, lottery}

Batea {metal wash tub, usually used for laundry} {picture of a
little}

boy in a batea {new window}

Bayonesa {mayonnaise in spanglish}

Beepear {pager, beeper}

Beibol {baseball} {To learn more of Baseball Dominican Style}

Bengue {Ben Gay}

Bembe {big lips / Bembú-person with big lips}

Bemberria {a small party for friends}

Bidón {aluminum container,usually used to hold and transport milk}

Bi Ma {Big Mac}

Bloque {Sidewalk}

Blumen {women’s panties, bloomers}

Boca-aguá {someone who talks without thinking}

Bohío {hut}

Bolsa {be careful with this word.} In Spain Spanish it is bag.
In DR it is {ball} bag. We use the word funda for bag.

¡Bomba! {Wow!}

Bomba {gas station}

Bonche {party for a bunch of friends}

Bote llón de agua {the large 5 gallon blue jug of water that hold
clean drinking water.}

un bote {boat}

Bozo {big moustache on an old person}

Brasier {bra}

Brecha {spy}

Brechar {someone that likes to brag a little}

Brechador {acechar} {to watch} men who like to watch women

Buquí {when someone makes a pig of themselves}

Bufeando {making fun of something or someone}

Bufeo {relax}

Bugarron {dominate gay man}

Buquí {when someone makes a pig of themselves}

Burén {flat griddle}

Burriquero {The guy in the country that rides around doing errands
for people on his burro,} {ie:runs to the grocery store for you}

Caballo {person similar to a tigre but a little more decent}

Cabron {a large male goat,also means displeased}

Cacaito {candy}

Cacata {tarantula-type spider,} { bad woman} {more on a cacata/tarantula
and a picture}

Cacharra {a vehicle in bad shape}

Cachu {when you can do something fast and not complicated, easy for
you “Cocinar arroz es cachu para el dominicano”}

Caco {head}

Cacú {someone with a large head}

Cajeta {bag, can have many meanings depending on the context}

Can {Celebration or party}

Canillas {skinny legs}

Canoa {canoe}

Carajito {child}

Carey {tortoise shell}

Carr {car} {coche}

Carro Publicos {public taxis} {more on transportation}

Chepa {used much in the Cibao region} luck

Cepillo {an old volksweign}

Champola {a drink made of guanábana and milk.}

Champú {Shampoo}

Chancleta {flip flop, sandal}

Checkear {to check, investigate}

Chele {Centavo, penny}

Chepa {stroke of luck,”que chepa!”Que Cheposo!} {“what luck”}

Cherchar {to talk in an animated way.} {Came from people gathering
after church}

Chichí {a baby boy}

Chichigua {kite}

Chicle {chicklet, the gum}

Chimicuí – can be a bad odor or a bad looking face

Chin {a little bit} { “chin chin”} {“dame un chin”-give me a little bit}

Chininin o Chililin {a very little bit, smaller than chin}

Chinchilín {blackbird-used to describe a really bad odor}

Chivito harto de jobo {pronounced-chivito jartuejobo} {someone that
thinks their important but really they are noone}

Chivo {goat, to be suspicious of something.} {doubtful, doesn’t have trust
in a person} {cabra}

Chol {Shorts, Short Pants}

Chopa {a not nice word meaning a cleaning lady or domestic servant.} {It
is very rude to call someone this}

Chopo {a person of the lowest class- very rude} {do not call anyone this}

Chula {sugar mama, a term of endearment used frequently in the streets.}

Chulea {to cover with kisses}

Cicote {foot odor}

Cloo {club}

Cloro {Clorox, bleach}

Cobrador {fare collector on a guagua}

Cocaleka {popcorn}

Cocuyo or Cucuyo {firefly,} {lightning bug,} also known in legends as nimitas
{the legend of nimitas}

Colín {Machete}

Colmado {corner store in most neighborhoods. Sells drinks, food, necessities.
Anything and everything.}

Colmadón {a larger version of a Colmado. Usually has music, dancing, food.
Closely resembles a local bar}

Compai / Copai {Compadre, friend}

Comparona {person who likes to show off}

Con flei {corn flakes, all cold cereals}

Coño {an expression close in meaning to Damn!} {not vulgar} {it can also mean
a woman’s private part-vulgar}

Cota {the dirt in the creases around the neck}

Cote {Kotex}

Cotorra [parrot, a person that talks too much}

Cuartos {money}

Cuquear {to bother}

Cutafara {Ugly woman}

Cuté {nail polish}

Deguabine {someone in bad physical shape}

Deplayarse {laying around for hours doing nothing, maybe laying in bed and
watching tv}

Detutanao {canceled}

Dímelo? {sort of like “What’s happenin’”,} {“How are you?”, used much when
answering the phone}

Dí que {similar to saying “uhhmm”}…in place of a pause in a sentence, uh

el Dueño, el Amo {Landlord, Boss}

Dry Clean {to clean up yourself especially before a party or after going
to the beach}

Emparchao {when the stomach hurts from indigestion}

Emperchado {someone that dresses in the high fashion of the time}

Enchivao {clogged}

Enchulao {to be in love}

Enchumbao {to be full of it; I am all wet, used to refer to wet shoes after
a rain}

Enculillarse {to have a bad itch}

Enjaretar {verb} gorge on food, when your really hungry this is what you do.

Eringarse-(verb) describes the Dominican way of borrowing money, spending it,
borrowing more without paying it back.

Escrines-screens

Esprie {Sprite} {the soda}

Fantamoso {person who likes to show off}

Ferré/ Darce Ferré {to fix ones self up, to make up ones self}

Fifty-Fifty {a high class person}

Fó {expresion used before a word for a bad scent}

Fotostática {photocopy}

Fulano, perensejo y sutanejo {used when you don’t know a persons name}
{what’s his name?}

Fuljean {Full jeans} {when a woman fills out her jeans nicely}

Fulillo /fuí {Anus}

Funda {bag, shopping bag} {Spain Spanish the word is bolsa which in DR
it is a mans ball bag (not nice)

Fuñir/ Fuñe {to bother,annoy}

Freco {To get fresh} {sexually or verbally,} { smart mouth} {eally spelt
fresco meaning fresh but usually said without the “S” in this form}

Fregada {bother, hastle, nuisance}

Freta {when a woman’s nipples are cold and erect}

Furufa {an ugly woman, not nice}

Galillo {person with a loud voice}

Gallina {chicken, a person that’s afraid}

Gato {cat, a robber}

Gase [burp, belch, gas}

glu-glu {like saying chug-chug in English; the sound one makes when
drinking.}

Gotea {to fall}

Grajo {armpit odor, underarm stink, B O}

Grillo {woman of ill repute, uses you then leaves you, usually has
bad hair}

Guachiman {watchman, private guard}

Guagua {privately owned mini-van used as transportation}

Guapo {Angry, mad or tough} {in Spain Spanish Guapo} {a} is handsome
{beautiful} {un Guapo us a tough guy}

¡ Güay ! {an expression meaning WoW!}

¡Guay mi Mai! {An expressing meaning pain}

Gueje, gueje {ridicule}

Güira {metal instrument that is made of perforated metal and scrapped}

Heavy – cool – “Que heavy.” (How cool) “‘Ta heavy” (That is cool)

Hijo de Machepa {a poor man who does not have anything} { “Son of bad luck”

Horripilante {terrible}

Huidera/o-when a crowd runs to or from where something is happening,
where the action is

Impueto {accustomed to, used to, customary}

Jablador or Hablador (jablador is more common)-liar

Jabladoraso {someone who exaggerates things or twist them to get what
they want, stronger word than just Jablador.}

Jalar {to put drugs up your nose}

Jamona {a woman that is old } {past 40 years old and not married,}

Jarto/a-very tired of something or someone

Jeepeta {SUV truck}

Jevón {girl, usually very beautiful}

Joder {many meanings…to bother someone; to make love to}

Joe {when you don’t know someone’s name you call them Joe}

Jompear {yompear} {to jump start a car with jumper cables}

Jumo {a drunk person}

Kachu {ketchup}

Kille {literally broken glass) To be angry}

Kimbo, po-pó, Jierro {pistol}

Kukika, carabelita {cheep low quality item}

Lambón {is someone that goes to someone’s home and eats and drinks their
food without invite, flatters someone for personal gain}

Lavagallos {literally rooster cleaner, bad rum was used to clean the game
cocks wounds} {bad rot gut liquor or firewater}

lon pley {long play} a record album

Lonchera {comes from English word lunch, used to describe a child’s lunch
box}

Lua {a spirit protector}

Lunche {lunch}

Luz {electrical service}

Machucar or Machacar {to smash or crush} {as in I smashed my toe.}

Mai {mom; mamá; mother}

Maipiolo {someone that is a match-maker.} {Looks for a partner for another,
fixes someone up}

MamaJuana {A typical Dominican drink made with herbs and roots with rum,
honey and vine added.} {Some may have animal parts added supposed to be good
for men’s potency.}

Mandamás {big shot, boss}

‘Mano {short for hermano, brother.} {Used when greeting a good friend.
“oye mi mano”} {“hey my brother”}

Mansito {tranquilo; cool; relaxing; chillin’}

Mala pata {bad luck, is the same as mala suerte}

Mata {tree}

Maricon {gay man}

Masamorra {athletes feet or foot disease}

Mayimbe {boss, big shot}

Medio Pollo {coffee with milk}

Menta {mint, refers to all types of candy}

Mishu {how to call a cat to come here} {instead of saying pssspsssp}

Mol {Mall, as in shopping mall}

Mono {monkey, a person that is annoying}

Moños, greñas, pajón, corbeja, afro {used to describe frizzy hair}

Montro (a) {dude, buddy, pal.}

Morena,Moreno {the brown color of the skin. You will hear someone call
out to another “Oy Morena!”}

Moto {motorcycle}

Motoconcho {motorcycle taxi} {more on transportation Dominican style}

Muflé {a muffler}

Muñecas Limé {the doll of limé was created in 1981 by sculpture Mere
Liliana. This figure can be found in most gift shops around the country.
It is a faceless clay figure in a long dress.}

Mu, Muo {dumb}

Ná {short for nada} {nothing} {corrected by Rachel}

Nalgas {butt cheeks} {in Spain Spanish the word is culo which in DR Spanish
that is the butt hole}

Ñame {fool, idiot}

Ñañara {Saranana, guachipa, salpullio} {Itching and burning dermatitis}

Ñapa {a gift for buying a lot of things.} {Like the bank gives a gift for
opening an account or you buy 3 and get 1 free.}

Negocito {small business.} {usually meaning all the little vendors and shops
set up along the streets}

Ñojo {said to say something in very large “¡Que ñojo} {gran} pescao!”What a
big fish! {from the southwest side of the island}

Olla {signifies being in big monetary trouble}

Ordenar {to order}

Osten {someone that acts in a very arrogant way}

Pa’ po’ la {when you take leftovers from a restaurant to eat the next day}

Pai {dad; papá; father}

Pájaro {feminine homosexual}

Pajon {person with their hair all messed up and sticking out.}

Palé {the lottery, it is combination first and second numbers of the lottery
and pays 1000 to 1}

Palero {from Trujillos era this was one of his security forces armed with
heavy wooden bats}

Paletero {street vendor that sells cigarretes, candies and gum from a box
that resembles a large suitcase, palet.}

Paloma {love, gentile person.}

Palomo {one who deceives in love. Game player.}

Pampers {disposable diapers}

Pana, Panita {friend, partner,colleague}

Panó or Panneau {the horses you see around that look skinny, like they are on
their last leg, but are really very strong}

Pantis {panties}

Paracaídas {someone that goes to a party uninvited}

arejero {a vain person, to be vain}

Pariguayo {party watcher}

Pasao {crazy, used when you disapprove of the actions of another person
”tu ‘ta pasao”}

Patana {big trailer truck}

Patatú {a person very upset; the person damn near got a heart attack}

Pavo {turkey}

Pecao {fish}

Pega Cuernos – unfaithful

Pegao {person who includes himself in an activity without being invited.}

Pegote {a piece of something}