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/Sounds like the English word "tet" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

A party, bash, celebration with loud music and flowing drinks in urban Dominican Spanish. The teteo is the weekend plan: Dominican youth gathered, dembow and reggaeton at full blast, cold beers, and dancing till dawn. The word got popular in Dominican dembow culture and jumped into daily speech. "Nos vamos de teteo" means we're going to a full-blown party.

Examples

This weekend we're partying hard.

What a rager they threw at Luis's place.

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/Sounds like the English word "tet" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

A wild street party or intense night out in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Teteo means going all out: loud dembow or reggaeton, drinks, dancing in the street, and keeping it going until the sun comes up. The word got popular alongside DR street culture and urban music.

Examples

Last night's teteo went until 6 in the morning and the neighbors lost their minds.

Let's go to the teteo, they've got dembow playing in the street tonight.

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In Spain, an insufferably tiresome and persistent person who never reads the room. A pelmazo latches on, goes on and on about the same topic, and genuinely cannot tell that everyone around them checked out long ago. The word comes from "pelma," a dense sticky mass, which is exactly how it feels to be around one.