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.
In order to live in the Dominican Republic, as well as in Punta Cana, it is certainly easier if one can speak even basic Spanish and the Dominicans appreciate those expats who try and converse with them in their language.