cantear
To cough up, fork over, or chip in money, especially to pay a debt or contribute to a shared cost.
So-and-so se canteó with 500 dollars. We have to cantearse with something for the drinks.
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To cough up, fork over, or chip in money, especially to pay a debt or contribute to a shared cost.
So-and-so se canteó with 500 dollars. We have to cantearse with something for the drinks.
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While most Spaniards use this to mean being flashy or drawing attention to oneself, in Salamanca it literally means to throw stones at someone. It implies that their methods of getting noticed are crude but effective (in Salamanca, a 'canto' is a stone or pebble).
They were joking when they said they were going to cantear you.
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