la remesa
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “la remesa” mean?
money sent home by family abroad
Example
“Vivimos de la remesa que manda mi tío.”
We live on the money my uncle sends.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: envío de dinero
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- 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
- por la izquierdaunder the table, off the books
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