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• Thread starter Victor Laszlo
• Start date Sep 30, 2004

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Victor Laszlo

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Aug 24, 2004 591 6 0 Dumb question #3: What, exactly, does "Boca Chica" mean? Being ignorant of Spanish, I'm using altavista's Babel Fish online translator. If I put in "Boca", it returns "Mouth"; "Chica" yields "Girl". If I type in "Boca Chica", though, it comes up with "Small Mouth". Can anyone clarify? J

JANET/NJ

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Jun 21, 2004 123 0 0 hmmm!

Victor Laszlo said: Dumb question #3: What, exactly, does "Boca Chica" mean? Being ignorant of Spanish, I'm using altavista's Babel Fish online translator. If I put in "Boca", it returns "Mouth"; "Chica" yields "Girl". If I type in "Boca Chica", though, it comes up with "Small Mouth". Can anyone clarify? Click to expand...

Boca defenately means mouth, but Chica can have 2 meanings. Chica as in girl or Chica as in small............i would go with small mouth, it has more meaning. Janet. T

Talldrink

El Mujeron

Jan 7, 2004 2,209 42 0 Ok, we can make this thread a very funny one. I live in San Cristobal, and I thought we had the funniest names for our towns. So lets see what has better ones: Pueblo Nuevo - New Town (my town!) Madre Vieja - Old Lady Lava Pies - Feet Cleaner Zona Verde - Green Zone Samangola - there is NO translation for that one. Any others? D

dominicangirl

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Oct 9, 2002 44 0 0 Sabana Perdida = Lost Sheets I think there's one called "El ollo de chulin" = don't know what it translates to, but it made me laugh when I heard it. M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 Bella Vista= Nice view/Beautiful view Mirador= viewpoint (con vistas) , "the" watcher (it's hard to translate). My mind has gone blank now... M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 I think you may mean "hoyo".

dominicangirl said: Sabana Perdida = Lost Sheets I think there's one called "El ollo de chulin" = don't know what it translates to, but it made me laugh when I heard it. Click to expand...

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Apreton

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Sep 26, 2004 38 2 8 Hoyo de Chulin Funny if spelled right M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 El Capotillo capot= bonnet/ hood "illo"= little "Litte Hood" M

Marianopolita

Former Spanish forum Mod 2010-2021

Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 I am adding "towns and cities" as they come to mind Arroyo Hondo= Deep Creek M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 Las Palmas= this one is interesting because "palmas" could have various meanings: 1. palma (de mano)= "palm of your hand" 2. palma (palmera)= "palma tree" 3. palmas (aplausos)= "clapping", "applause". It's your pick on the translation. I choose #2 since the DR is a tropical country. "the Palm Trees" B

Bartolomeo67

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Mar 18, 2004 590 2 18 59 Come pan The best one I came across this Summer was the barrio COME PAN = EAT BREAD in Las Terrenas, Samana So funny others: Monte Llano = flat mountain Cangrejo = crab Piedra Blanca = white stone El millon = the million Bartolomeo T

Talldrink

El Mujeron

Jan 7, 2004 2,209 42 0 La matica - should be Las Matitas - The small plants M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 En Santiago Zona Rosa= Pink Zone El Sol= the Sun A

Argo

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Aug 5, 2004 156 0 0

Victor Laszlo said: Dumb question #3: What, exactly, does "Boca Chica" mean? Being ignorant of Spanish, I'm using altavista's Babel Fish online translator. If I put in "Boca", it returns "Mouth"; "Chica" yields "Girl". If I type in "Boca Chica", though, it comes up with "Small Mouth". Can anyone clarify? Click to expand...

I was always told in meant "Small mouthed bay" referring to the lagoon J

JANET/NJ

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Jun 21, 2004 123 0 0 La venta = the sell Castillo = castle Trujillo alto = Trujillo(like the general) high M

Marianopolita

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Dec 26, 2003 4,808 766 113 Los Prados= the Meadows/Fields

NALs

Economist by Profession

Jan 20, 2003 15,302 4,092 113

JANET/NJ said: La venta = the sell Castillo = castle Trujillo alto = Trujillo(like the general) high Click to expand...

Actually, Trujillo Alto would be more like Trujillo Heights, instead of high. Sometimes things don't translate into literal terms. Anyways, here are my own contribution to this thread: La Vega = The Plains El Pino = The Pines San Pedro de Macoris = Saint Peter of the Macoris Indian Tribe San Francisco de Macorist = Saint Frances of Macoris Santiago de los Caballeros = Saint James of the Gentlemen San Felipe de Puerto Plata (the full name of POP) = Saint Fillip of the Silver Port La Romana = The Romans? Punta Cana = Cape Cana (Cana as in the Cana Tree, not grey hair) Rio San Juan = St. Johns River Monte Plata = Mount of Silver Monte Cristi = Mount of Christ Los Cacigascos = The Chiefdoms or Indian Kingdoms La Vega Real = Royal Plains Santo Cerro = Holy Hill Hato Mayor del Rey = The King's Great Cattle ranch Monte Llano = Flat Hill (that is so awkward) San Jose de las Matas = Saint Joshua of the trees San Cristobal = Saint Christopher Isla Catalina = Catherine's Island Isla Beata = Betty's Island Las Lagunas = The Lagoons Las Matas de Farfan = The trees of Farfan There are much more and many places have Taino names that are hard to translate into Spanish, let alone English. One thing is certain, the influence of Spain, the Native Americans, and the Catholic church can't be denied when it comes to the names of places on this island. However, here are a few sub-division/resort areas with English names... Sea Horse Ranch = Hato de Caballitos del Mar Cap Cana = Punta Cana (that was easy) There are others, but I can't remember their name right now... J

JDub

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Apr 7, 2003 174 0 0 I remember getting my hair braided by this older lady named Macuta in a area my friends referred to as "Mata Hambre." I'm not sure if that's what is was but it was near el malecon. IMO that translates to Hunger Killer lol. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link

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