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un palo
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “un palo” mean?
a million pesos
Example
“El arreglo del carro me costó dos palos.”
Fixing the car cost me two million pesos.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: un millón de pesos
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