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/Sounds like "bee" (as in "bee") + "YOO" (as in "you") + "yah" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

Money in Argentine and Uruguayan lunfardo slang, a classic word from tango culture and early 20th century River Plate street speech. Still alive in Buenos Aires slang as proof that lunfardo never dies.

Examples

I don't even have biyuya for the bus today.

He made decent biyuya with that new job.

Regional synonyms

To intimidate or threaten someone with aggressive posturing to make them back down. In Peru, "achorar" comes from "choro" (street thief in Peruvian slang) and describes the act of using fear and aggression to establish dominance without necessarily resorting to physical violence.