English→Dominican Spanish

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Dominican Spanish with the quick rhythm and everyday words of the DR.

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What locals actually say

What's up?

¿Qué lo que?

“Qué lo que” (KLK in texts) is the Dominican greeting, instantly recognizable across the diaspora.

Give me a little.

Dame un chin.

“Un chin” for a little bit is Dominican through and through; even neighboring islands do not use it.

That's really nice.

Está nítido.

“Nítido” as praise is a DR marker. A generic “muy bonito” is correct and colorless.

Where's the nearest corner store?

¿Dónde queda el colmado más cerca?

Colmado is the Dominican word for a neighborhood corner store, signaling a local everyday setting.

Let's eat now.

Vamo' a jartarnos ahora.

Jartarse means to eat heartily, while Vamo' shows the casual dropping of the final s common in Dominican speech.

It's raining a lot today.

Hoy está lloviendo pila.

Pila is a Dominican intensifier meaning a lot or heavily, used here to emphasize the rain.

My family is doing well.

Mi gente está bien.

Mi gente literally means my people, but in Dominican Spanish it commonly refers warmly to one's family or close circle.

What are you doing this weekend?

¿Qué tú vas a hacer este fin de semana?

The placement of tú before the verb is a characteristic Caribbean and Dominican question pattern, with informal tú address.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Dominican Spanish differs

Dominican Spanish. Tú informal; local colour where casual: qué lo qué, vaina (very informal), guagua for bus, chin for a little bit, concho for shared taxi.

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