fula
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “fula” mean?
dollar; lousy
Example
“Eso cuesta veinte fulas.”
That costs twenty dollars.
Good to know
As an adjective: 'Está fula' = it's bad / lousy.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: dólar
Heard in a conversation
Catching a ride in Havana
Yunior ¡Qué suerte! ¿Tienes baro pa’l pasaje?
Lucky! Do you have money for the fare?
Dayana Sí, pero poquito. La cosa está fula.
Yeah, but not much. Things are rough.
Yunior Tranquila, monina, yo pago.
Relax, pal, I'll pay.
🗑️ How other countries say “crappy, low-quality”
- 🇲🇽 chafaMexico
- 🇪🇸 cutreSpain
- 🇻🇪 chimboVenezuela
- 🇦🇷 berretaArgentina
More from Cuba
- baromoney; a peso
- 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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