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chavos
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “chavos” mean?
money
Example
“No tengo chavos para salir.”
I don't have money to go out.
Good to know
Originally 'cents' (from the old coin 'ochavo'). In Mexico 'chavos' = young people.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: dinero
Heard in a conversation
Going out tonight
Yariel ¿Qué es la que hay? El corillo va a janguear a Santurce hoy, ¿te apuntas? 🙌
what's up?? the crew's hanging out in Santurce tonight, you in? 🙌
Alondra Acho, estoy pelá 😩 No tengo chavos ni para la guagua.
ugh I'm broke 😩 I don't even have money for the bus
Yariel No te preocupes, yo te cubro, luego me bregas, jaja.
don't worry I've got you, you'll sort me out later haha
💸 How other countries say “money, cash”
- 🇲🇽 lanaMexico
- 🇪🇸 pastaSpain
- 🇦🇷 guitaArgentina
- 🇨🇴 plataColombia
- 🇨🇺 baroCuba
- 🇻🇪 realesVenezuela
- 🇨🇱 lucaChile · Exactly 1,000 pesos: 'cinco lucas' = 5,000.
More from Puerto Rico
- pelaobroke
- un pesoa dollar
- vellóna five-cent coin, a nickel
- pesetaa quarter (25 cents)
- estar en la ollato be broke
- agarraostingy
- cuartosmoney, cash
- tumbarto rip someone off, to rob
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