A bit about money

Hello, and welcome to Your Daily Pinch of Spanish!

Today I want to give you some words relating to money in Spanish, and some useful phrases.

Let's begin! As usual, I added a pronunciation guide in parenthesis, but you can read more about Spanish pronunciation in the link above, or you can click here. (*Sorry, this link doesn't work for now while I rebuild my blog here after I deleted the old website. I will update when my links re back.)

First, money vocabulary:

- Dinero (dee-neh-roh) - Money

- Moneda (moh-neh-dah) - Coin; Currency

- Billete (bee-jeh-teh) - Bill

*It also means 'ticket'

- Dólar (doh-lahr) - Dollar

*The plural of this word is Dólares (doh-lah-rehs)

Always remember that where the accent (´) is, that's where the strength of pronunciation is in the word.

- Cartera (cahr-teh-rah) - Purse; Wallet

- Billetera (bee-jeh-teh-rah) - Wallet

- Caro (cah-roh) - Expensive

- Barato (bah-rah-toh) - Cheap

* For coins, there is also the word Menudo (meh-noo-doh), at least here in Puerto Rico. This word can translate to several things in the Spanish language, depending on the country, but mainly it translates to something small or thin. Also to something trivial, and I think that's where our usage of the word here in reference to money comes from. We use it to refer to coins, the amount one can fit in a small purse or pocket.

Now, the following expressions are useful to know:

- ¿Cuánto? - How much?

- ¿Cuánto cuesta? - How much is it?

- ¿Cuánto vale? - How much is it worth?

- ¿Cuál es el costo? - How much is the cost?

- ¿Cuánto cuesta ese? - How much is that one? (*an object you can point at, quite near you)

- ¿Cuánto cuesta aquel? - How much is that one (over there) (*an object far from you, that you can see and point at)

- Perdí mi billetera - I lost my wallet

- Perdí mi billetera en el tren - I lost my wallet in the train

- Perdí mi billetera en el avión - I lost my wallet in the airplane

- Perdí mi billetera en el autobús - I lost my wallet in the bus

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 This is it for today! I hope you have enjoyed this little lesson, and as always, that you found it useful.

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