baro
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “baro” mean?
money; a peso
Example
“No tengo ni un baro.”
I don't have a single peso.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: dinero
Heard in a conversation
Late for the ball game
Yoandri ¡Pide botella, monina! Un almendrón te deja en el Latino en diez.
hitch a ride, pal! a classic-car taxi drops you at the Latino in 10
Melissa No sé, no tengo ni un baro para el almendrón 🙃
idk, I don't have a single peso for the taxi 🙃
Yoandri Yo te lo pago en la puerta, no te preocupes. Pero vuela, que Industriales ya está calentando.
I'll pay it at the gate, don't worry. but hurry, Industriales is already warming up
💸 How other countries say “money, cash”
- 🇲🇽 lanaMexico
- 🇪🇸 pastaSpain
- 🇦🇷 guitaArgentina
- 🇨🇴 plataColombia
- 🇵🇷 chavosPuerto Rico
- 🇻🇪 realesVenezuela
- 🇨🇱 lucaChile · Exactly 1,000 pesos: 'cinco lucas' = 5,000.
More from Cuba
- fuladollar; lousy
- un kiloa cent ("no tengo un kilo": I'm broke)
- chavitothe old convertible peso (CUC)
- estar en la fuácatato be flat broke
- jinetero / jineterahustler who works the tourists
- la shoppingshop selling in hard currency
- la remesamoney sent home by family abroad
- por la izquierdaunder the table, off the books
Songs from Cuba
- Bailando · Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
- Chan Chan · Buena Vista Social ClubLevel A2
- La Gozadera · Gente de Zona, Marc AnthonyLevel A2
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