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kinguila
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “kinguila” mean?
street money-changer
Example
“Troquei dólares com a kinguila.”
I changed dollars with the street money-changer.
Good to know
Mostly women, standing on corners with wads of notes.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💸 Money💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: cambista
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- um kwanzaa kwanza (Angola’s currency)
- estar a zeroto be broke
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