What is the difference between a duke, an earl, a lord, a marquis, a baron and a count?
Gasolinera (gas station) is called la Bomba. In addition the spoken Dominican Spanish takes some getting used to as of the letter âsâ are dropped. This means that mosquito becomes moquito or adios becomes adio. Also many words have letters or syllables completely missed out in the spoken language.
According to our estimates 6 943 180 persons or 91.78% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in Dominican Republic are able to read and write. Accordingly about 621 887 adults are illiterate. Literacy rate for adult male population is 91.23% (3 490 863 persons).