pasta
nounInformal
A Peninsular Spanish slang term. Browse all Spanish slang.
What it means
Money, cash. Nothing to do with the food.
Examples with translations
No me queda pasta hasta fin de mes.
I've no money left until the end of the month.
Ese coche cuesta una pasta.
That car costs a fortune.
Where it comes from
'Dough' as a word for money is nearly universal — English dough, French blé (wheat), Italian grana. The staple food of a place tends to become the word for the means of buying it.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- guita, parné