chilata
A small amount of money, peanuts, or chump change.
What are you doing earning that chilata at that government agency?
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Tag: efe
Definitions tagged efe in the street dictionary.
República DominicanaPesito
A term for the Dominican currency used when referring to small amounts of money or low prices. It has the same value as a peso (the -ito suffix is a diminutive used to suggest a low cost or small amount).
A packet of milk for only 20 pesitos.
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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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FT
Slang for cash or physical money (a phonetic shortening of the word efectivo).
Bro, give me my FT. I am short on FT.
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Jaquima
A slang term used to refer to specific amounts of money, similar to bucks, typically used to express surprise or annoyance at a price, even for relatively small sums.
Listen, I went to the movies on Friday... 200 Jaquima, this is the limit.
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Tolete
Used to refer to specific amounts of money, usually to emphasize a high price or express shock (in this context, it refers to Dominican pesos).
Do you know how much the small beers are going for? 70 toletes!!
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Zanahoria
A one thousand peso bill (referring to the orange color of the currency).
- Tell me man, you carrying any cash? - For sure, I have a zanahoria tucked away here.
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Fete
A slang abbreviation of the word efectivo, meaning cash or money.
1) I scored some fete. 2) Maria makes a lot of fete.
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