un kilo
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “un kilo” mean?
a cent ("no tengo un kilo": I'm broke)
Example
“No tengo ni un kilo.”
I haven't got a cent.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: un centavo
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