Definitions tagged quiebra in the street dictionary.
A way of saying you are broke or completely out of money. (In Panama, a tuco is a stump or a short log, implying that your funds have been cut short).
I am en tuco, I can't go. / Don't ask Jaime for money, he hasn't been paid yet and he's en tuco.
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A state of total financial ruin or personal disaster, where everything is going to hell. (Refers to the 2003 collapse of the Banco Intercontinental, which caused a major economic crisis in the Dominican Republic.)
I am so damn broke this Friday, I am Baninter.
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Being in a bad spot or lacking the money to do something you want to do. It describes a situation where things are looking grim for someone.
Juan: Damn Pedro! I wanted to buy that Toyota, but I do not have any money. Pedro: Well Juan, you are feo pa' la foto.
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A person who is out on the grind or hustling for money (this is a play on words combining the terms atrás, meaning broke, and activo, meaning active or alert).
That guy is always broke because he is Atractivo.
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