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Spanish Slang for Money: 12+ Words They Don't Teach You in School
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Add a word/Sounds like "LOO" (as in "loop") + "kahs" (as in "car")/
Meaning
Thousands of pesos in several South American countries where one luca equals a thousand. It's the most informal, quick, and everyday way to talk about prices and money without saying the full numbers.
Examples
“Lunch cost me 50 lucas.”
“Can you lend me 10 lucas? I'll pay you back on Friday.”
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/Sounds like "LOO" (as in "loop") + "kahs" (as in "car")/
Meaning
The informal unit for thousands of Chilean pesos, plural of "luca." If something costs diez lucas, that's ten thousand Chilean pesos, it's how every Chilean talks about prices in daily life.
Examples
“The t-shirt cost me twenty lucas.”
“Can you lend me five lucas till Friday?”
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/Sounds like "LOO" (as in "loop") + "kahs" (as in "car")/
Meaning
Thousands of pesos in several South American countries where one luca equals a thousand. It's the most informal, quick, and everyday way to talk about prices and money without saying the full numbers.
Examples
“Lunch cost me 50 lucas.”
“Can you lend me 10 lucas? I'll pay you back on Friday.”
Anonymous
/Sounds like "LOO" (as in "loop") + "kahs" (as in "car")/
Meaning
The informal unit for thousands of Chilean pesos, plural of "luca." If something costs diez lucas, that's ten thousand Chilean pesos, it's how every Chilean talks about prices in daily life.
Examples
“The t-shirt cost me twenty lucas.”
“Can you lend me five lucas till Friday?”
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