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.
Dominican Republic - Speaking the Language. Home > Country Guides > Dominican Republic. The official language is Spanish although there is a Dominican dialect which has some different words from mainland Spain, such as guapo in Spanish means handsome, but in Dominican Spanish means angry.