Apr 27, 2013 14:55
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ventana
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This is just a general question.
I was just wondering if anyone from Santo Domingo can answer this for me. I have a friend who is American but was brought up partly in the Dominican Republic. She insists that in the Dominican Republic people refer to a payment window as a "ventana" instead of a "ventanilla." We work together in a place where we must constantly direct Spanish-speaking people to go to the clerk's window either to check in or to make a payment. I cringe every time she says: "Vaya a la ventana." The "ventana" in question is a large piece of bullet-proof glass with a slot in the bottom in which to insert papers or money. I call this the "ventanilla," as I was taught.
Thanks for any input!
I was just wondering if anyone from Santo Domingo can answer this for me. I have a friend who is American but was brought up partly in the Dominican Republic. She insists that in the Dominican Republic people refer to a payment window as a "ventana" instead of a "ventanilla." We work together in a place where we must constantly direct Spanish-speaking people to go to the clerk's window either to check in or to make a payment. I cringe every time she says: "Vaya a la ventana." The "ventana" in question is a large piece of bullet-proof glass with a slot in the bottom in which to insert papers or money. I call this the "ventanilla," as I was taught.
Thanks for any input!
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English term (edited):
ventana (window)
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ventanilla
I would also cringe.
Not from Dominican Republic but many references (and "my ears") show that you are right.
I think this is authoritative enough:
Certificados de Inversión - Banco Central de la República Dominicana
www.bancentral.gov.do/instrumentos_inversion.asp?a...Transl... this page
El Banco Central de la República Dominicana informa al público en general y a ... de inversión a Plazo Fijo realizadas a través de ventanilla directa, tanto para ...
Norma 4-04 - Direccion General de Impuestos Internos
www.dgii.gov.do/legislacion/normas/.../norma04-04.p...Trans... this page
República Dominicana, dicta la siguiente: ... monetarios de un registro o cuenta a otro, de cualquier entidad bancaria ... contra cualquier cuenta de cheque o de ahorro, ya sea por ventanilla o por medio de cajeros ... e) Los pagos y las transferencias hechos a favor del Estado Dominicano por concepto de impuestos, ...
Not from Dominican Republic but many references (and "my ears") show that you are right.
I think this is authoritative enough:
Certificados de Inversión - Banco Central de la República Dominicana
www.bancentral.gov.do/instrumentos_inversion.asp?a...Transl... this page
El Banco Central de la República Dominicana informa al público en general y a ... de inversión a Plazo Fijo realizadas a través de ventanilla directa, tanto para ...
Norma 4-04 - Direccion General de Impuestos Internos
www.dgii.gov.do/legislacion/normas/.../norma04-04.p...Trans... this page
República Dominicana, dicta la siguiente: ... monetarios de un registro o cuenta a otro, de cualquier entidad bancaria ... contra cualquier cuenta de cheque o de ahorro, ya sea por ventanilla o por medio de cajeros ... e) Los pagos y las transferencias hechos a favor del Estado Dominicano por concepto de impuestos, ...
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