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/Sounds like "PAHS" (as in "park") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

Money in Spain, the most direct and everyday way to refer to cash. Just like Mexicans say 'lana' and Argentines say 'guita,' Spaniards miss their pasta when the paycheck's already gone.

Examples

Got any pasta for the trip?

I ran out of pasta halfway through the month.

Regional synonyms

Gossip, a rumor, or a scandalous situation in Chile. The 'cagüín' is the story everyone wants to hear even though nobody knows exactly how it started. If there's a cagüín, there's drama.