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What does «cualto» mean in Dominican Spanish?
cualto
money
| Meaning | money |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | dinero |
| Register | Colloquial |
«No tengo cualto hasta el viernes.»
I have no money until Friday.
The everyday word for money. Written «cuartos», said «cualto»: the r turns into an l and the final s goes quiet. One form for singular and plural.
Related Dominican words
- estar arrancao — to be flat broke, penniless
- estar en olla — to be broke
- estar roto — to be broke
- fíame — put it on my tab
- juntar lo cualto — to scrape the money together
- la milonga — a thousand-peso bill
- la moña — a loan, a lend
- la papeleta — bills, cash
- la parada — the bet, the stake
- los pesos — pesos, the money
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