Dominican Spanish 101 Podcast – Free Trial
Show notes from season 1, episode 1
Learn authentic Spanish as it’s spoken in the Dominican Republic. This podcast gives you conversational Spanish lessons so you can talk to native Spanish speakers from Santo Domingo to Punta Cana.
Join your hosts Tamara Marie and Kesia Sosa as we make it easy to understand one of the most challenging Caribbean Spanish dialects.
Click here to access show notes from all episodes of season 1 of the Dominican Spanish 101 podcast.
 | Episode 1: Greetings |
In this episode, Tamara & Kesia explain the following Dominican Spanish greetings and common responses:
- ¿Cómo tú ‘ta? – How are you?
- tranquilo (masculine) / tranquila (feminine) – Everything’s good, I’m relaxed
- tranqui – Short for tranquilo or tranquila
- ‘tamo’ cloro – We’re doing good (Literal: We are bleach)
- chévere – Cool
- qué lo que (klk) – What’s up?
- dime – tell me [what’s new]
- dime a ver / dímelo – tell me what’s going on
- cuéntame /cuéntamelo – what’s new?
- saludos – greetings, hello (when addressing a group)