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/Sounds like "eh" (as in "egg") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "LAHN" (as in "lava") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
To push forward, to keep going no matter what. A core Caribbean attitude in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba: when things get hard you do not stop, you just echar pa lante. It captures the resilience and refusal to quit that defines the culture.
“No matter how hard it gets, you have to keep pushing forward.”
“He fell down twice but always pushed through, there is no stopping him.”
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To push forward, to keep going no matter what. A core Caribbean attitude in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba: when things get hard you do not stop, you just echar pa lante. It captures the resilience and refusal to quit that defines the culture.
“No matter how hard it gets, you have to keep pushing forward.”
“He fell down twice but always pushed through, there is no stopping him.”
Chin
A tiny bit or small amount in the Dominican Republic. The island's go-to word when you want just a little of something, said with that easygoing Caribbean softness. Think of it as the Dominican version of "just a smidge" or "a little bit."