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gasosa
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “gasosa” mean?
bribe
Example
“O polícia pediu uma gasosa.”
The cop asked for a bribe.
Good to know
Literally "soda" (a small tip "for a drink").
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: suborno
Heard in a conversation
Power cut the night before the exam
Jandira Ya, mas o gerador dele só pega com kumbú. Tens aí algum?
Yeah, but his generator only starts with money. Got any on you?
Edson Tenho bué de moedas. Dá para a gasosa dele e ainda sobra para pão.
I've got loads of coins. Enough for his little tip and there's still some left for bread.
Jandira Então vamos. Senão estudo à vela e amanhã chumbo nessa maka de matemática.
Let's go then. Otherwise I'll study by candlelight and flunk that maths nightmare tomorrow.
💰 How other countries say “a bribe”
- 🇧🇷 propinaBrazil · In Portugal 'propina' is a tuition fee.
- 🇵🇹 luvasPortugal
More from Angola
- kumbúmoney
- um kwanzaa kwanza (Angola’s currency)
- estar a zeroto be broke
- kinguilastreet money-changer
- esquemaa scheme, a hustle
- biscatoan odd job
- um trocoa bit of cash
- candongablack market, informal trade
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