Peseta
A 25-cent coin (now obsolete) or 25 pesos in modern currency. (The name for the old quarter-peso coin is now used for the 25-peso amount).
The drivers charge a peseta after the Metro closes.
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Tag: cuartos
Definitions tagged cuartos in the street dictionary.
República Dominicanachilata
A small amount of money, peanuts, or chump change.
What are you doing earning that chilata at that government agency?
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San
An informal savings pool common in working-class neighborhoods where participants pay regular installments to a coordinator, who returns the total sum at a scheduled date (this is a community-based alternative to formal banking).
I will pay you next month when I collect the San.
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tululuses
A slang term for cash or money won through gambling or the lottery (a fracatan is a type of instant scratch-off game in the Dominican Republic).
I won two hundred TULULUSES!
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chelitos
Refers to a small sum of money or pocket change. It can be used dismissively to describe a very small or insignificant amount of cash. (In the Dominican Republic, a chele is a cent or penny).
Lend me a few chelitos and I will pay you back when I get my paycheck.
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Jorocón
A big shot or high-roller with significant power and wealth, especially those who became nouveau riche through politics or drug trafficking.
I do not want to rub elbows with jorocones because every four years they get hit with lawsuits and I do not want to get caught in the crossfire (every four years refers to the Dominican presidential term).
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Quinientón
A 500-peso bill (referring to the currency used in the Dominican Republic).
Order a pizza, they forked over a quinientón.
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Mala paga
A deadbeat, or someone who is chronically late with payments and avoids their debts.
"Poor people are not mala paga", Danilo Medina (Medina is a former president of the Dominican Republic).
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Los Millones de Chanflán
Imaginary money or make-believe millions mentioned sarcastically when there is no actual money or during a financial crisis (refers to a legendary Dominican figure who supposedly possessed a massive, nonexistent fortune).
And what are they going to fix that generator with, Los Millones de Chanflán?
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Peaje
1. A toll booth. 2. An informal checkpoint or shakedown where a group of people stops passersby to ask for money, typically to fund a street party or buy a bottle of liquor (a pote).
You can't even go through Villa Consuelo at Christmas because of all the peajes they set up (Villa Consuelo is a neighborhood in Santo Domingo).
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Elvi
Refers to money, derived as a shortened form of el billete (the bill).
I am short on Elvi.
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Baros
A slang term used to refer to the Dominican Peso, equivalent to calling them bucks.
I am going to give you 500 baros just like that.
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Caraquita
An informal, clandestine raffle that was popular before lottery betting shops were legalized. It was named this because it used the winning numbers from Venezuelan lotteries, particularly the one in Caracas. (In the Dominican Republic, betting shops called bancas are now the legal standard for these games.)
He used to sell caraquita but he got a permit and now he owns a chain of betting shops.
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biyuyo
A slang term for money, equivalent to cash, dough, or moolah (widely used across the Caribbean).
We are short on biyuyos!
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Billullo
A slang term for money or cash. It is a colloquial variation of the word billete, which means banknote.
1. Do you have some Billullo? 2. That shirt costs a few Billullos.
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Venezuelamolongos
A slang term used to refer to money or cash.
I have the molongos now... I cannot go out because of a lack of molongos.
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