lana
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “lana” mean?
money, cash
Example
“No tengo lana para ir al concierto.”
I don't have the cash to go to the concert.
Good to know
Literally 'wool'.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: dinero
Heard in a conversation
I got the job!
Dani ¿¡Neta!? 😱 ¡Qué padre, Karla, felicidades!
SERIOUSLY?? 😱 that's awesome Karla, congrats!!
Karla ¡Sí! Empiezo el lunes, ya no voy a andar sin lana, jajaja.
yesss I start Monday, no more being broke hahaha
Dani ¿Entonces invitas los tacos el fin de semana, no? 😏
so tacos are on you this weekend, right? 😏
💸 How other countries say “money, cash”
- 🇪🇸 pastaSpain
- 🇦🇷 guitaArgentina
- 🇨🇴 plataColombia
- 🇵🇷 chavosPuerto Rico
- 🇨🇺 baroCuba
- 🇻🇪 realesVenezuela
- 🇨🇱 lucaChile · Exactly 1,000 pesos: 'cinco lucas' = 5,000.
More from Mexico
- chafacheap, low-quality
- la quincenapayday (paid every two weeks)
- changarroa small shop, a little business
- bisnebusiness, a side hustle
- estar brujato be broke
- feriasmall change, cash
- aflojarto cough up (money)
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
Songs from Mexico
- La Bamba · Ritchie ValensLevel A2
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom · SelenaLevel A2
- Como La Flor · SelenaLevel A2
- Querida · Juan GabrielLevel A2
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