Mild Dominican Insults

[Theforceinme]

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[Theforceinme]

Originally Posted by Norma Rosa

Someone just informed me of another meaning.
"She even called him barriga verde". In this context it means that she called him by every insult under the skies. It could be said of a woman, also.

Hmm, I know what you mean... in this kind of context we usually say:

"Le dijo hasta de lo que se iba a morir!"
She even told him what he would die of.

Basically, she cursed him with every word she knew

[Theforceinme]

Originally Posted by suarezn

Here are a few

Someone translate them...

Pisa Paja -- (May be regional to Cotui and Cibao area)
This one is a guess, I guess it means low-life.

Salta Pa' tra
someone who always breaks their word > this word originally meant lizard

Atronao
crazy/hyper/idiot

Alelao
airhead/doesn't pay attention

Mañoso
with lots of bad habits and preferences, difficult to deal with for this reason

Metio - as in (Tu si eres metio...eso a ti no te importa.)
nosy

Salamero
too affectionate, always hanging unto someone

I missed a couple I didn't know.

[Chirimoya]

Salta P'atra - throwback/primitive
Mañoso - capricious, fussy, picky. Also - mono.

In Spain, mono/a is cute, so it can be confusing when you hear a Dominican using it in a clearly pejorative way. Monería in DR - fussiness. In Spain it means something adorable.

Another one is ñoño/a - to describe a babyish, clingy, whiny child - can also be used for an adult.

[Matilda]

I have the story on barriga verde as it was told to me!

Once upon a time when ships were sailing between Spain and here, a young boy, the son of a prince, was playing in the port and went on board a wooden sailing ship. But the ship sailed before he could leave and he had to hide all the way here. Once the ship docked in Santo Domingo he left the ship. Very hungry (as it was a long crossing) and very white. He walked through the streets and it looked very strange to him. An old man stopped him as he had never seen anyone so strange. He was so white and so thin that you could see his veins on his stomach through his translucent skin. So the old man christened him barriga verde. The old man taught him to steal, rob, rifle through bins. Eventually the childs father sent an envoy to look for him and took the child home to Spain. The old man was sad as they had become good friends. Once he got home the boy arranged for someone to go and find the old man and bring him to Spain which they did. And once the old man got to Spain he was showered with riches as the prince was very rich. So it all ended happily ever after!!!! And now a barriga verde means someone who is 'bruto'!!!

(Why it was green veins and not blue I have no idea!!!)

Matilda

[Norma Rosa]

OK, Matilda. Maybe the kid had to eat leaves, since he had no food. That could have caused his intestines to produce . . . (You know the rest of the story.)

Here is another mild insult. I heard it in Salcedo:

Fisicundo - This adjective is applied to those that use educated vocabulary, or don't omit letter s to demonstrate plurality.

[Chip]

burro
pasado or "te pasaste"
sonso
tonto
culito seco
baboso

[Chip]

come solo
desgraciado

[sokitoumi]

some of these suggestions dont seem that mild lol

[Dragonfly32837]

chivito jalto de jobo
raton de iglesia
gato de yarda