estar en la fuácata
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “estar en la fuácata” mean?
to be flat broke
Example
“Este mes estoy en la fuácata.”
This month I'm flat broke.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: no tener dinero
More from Cuba
- fuladollar; lousy
- baromoney; a peso
- un kiloa cent ("no tengo un kilo": I'm broke)
- chavitothe old convertible peso (CUC)
- 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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