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/Sounds like "PEH" (as in "pet") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
Money in Spanish slang, especially when you don't have any. Saying 'no tengo pelas' is the most colloquial way in Spain to confess you're flat broke and your bank account is crying.
“I don't have pelas to go out this weekend.”
“Can you lend me some pelas? I'll pay you back Monday.”
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/Sounds like "PEH" (as in "pet") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
Money in Spanish slang, especially when you don't have any. Saying 'no tengo pelas' is the most colloquial way in Spain to confess you're flat broke and your bank account is crying.
“I don't have pelas to go out this weekend.”
“Can you lend me some pelas? I'll pay you back Monday.”
Pelota
A sycophant who flatters those in power to get ahead, the classic yes-man who celebrates even his boss's mistakes. In Colombia and Venezuela, pelota is synonymous with "lambón" or "lame botas": someone who never has their own opinion, only whatever the boss thinks.