¿Que significa: diay?

Question

I have observed this word (diay) posted numerous times in chats. I believe it is a typo, misspelling, slang or two words jammed together. Anyone know what it means?

An example:

Person A: Prefiero las chicas latinas, y aquí no viven.

Person B: diay si yo al reves. Yo prefiero lo extranjero, y aqui sí hay.

Another example:

Person A: ¡Fiesta! Dónde es hoy?

Person B: jaja diay mañana en San Pedro rica.

Answer 1

Have a look, seems to be Costa Rican slang

Es una muletilla, se usa para responder algo obvio o para preguntar.

Ejemplo: - Vas a salir en la noche? - No - Te quedas en la casa

- Diay, si

• Diay, como estas?

Thought I'd note, yes its costa rican, and Ive found out from locals yes it means as described above, used mostly as a filler word, but it can also be used by itself to mean "hola" - cheeseisyummy, Sep 13, 2011

Answer 2

I'm Costa Rican and I can tell you. We use "Diay", as it has been said here, as a filler. It doesn't have any specific meaning.

Examples:

Diay! Cómo estás? When you see a friend. (meaning Hola) Response: Diay! Bien! (Well, fine).

Diay! ayer te llamé y no contestaste. roughly meaning: What happened?

Me enteré que mi novio me engañaba. Response. Diay, sí! (meaning, roughly "Really?", but it is more of an empty expression. It doesn´t literally mean Yes.

You can even say "Y" or "Y sí" as contractions.

Hope it helps. There's more info on the Internet if you google it.

Answer 3

I'd say it's missing noche as in dia y noche, night and day, diay mañana, today and tomorrow too.