Love-Spanish.com: Dinero

Today's WOTD is: "dinero" = money

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In Spanish, “dinero” is a masculine noun of Latin origin, which means money. The noun “dinero” may also be used to refer to wealth.

Some commonly used expression with the word “dinero”are:

¡Adiós mi dinero!* (just my luck!);
Ahorrar dinero (to save money);
Andar apurado de dinero (to be pressed for cash/ in financial difficulties);
Andar justo de dinero (money is a bit tight/ to be in financial difficulties);
Aportar una cantidad de dinero (to bring in/ contribute an amount of cash);
Aquí falta dinero (there is money missing/ there is a money shortage here);
Blanqueo de dinero (money laundering);
Cambiar dinero (to exchange money/ currency);
Captar dinero (to raise/ attract/ secure funds);
Contar el dinero (to count the money);
Devolución de dinero (money refund);
Devolver el dinero (to refund the money);
(Dinero) al contado (cash- no terms);
Dinero contante (cash- no terms);
Dinero contante y sonante (cash- no terms);
(Dinero) de plástico (card money- credit/ debit card, etc.);
(Dinero) en efectivo (cash);
Dinero negro (black money);
(Dinero) suelto** (loose change);
Estar mal de dinero (to be short of money/ in financial difficulties);
Estar podrido de dinero (to be rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Estar podrido en dinero (to be rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Estrujar el dinero (to be a miser);
Hacer dinero (to make money/ to get rich);
Ingresar dinero (to make a deposit);
Lavado de dinero (money laundering);
Mover dinero (to move/ handle money);
Nadar en dinero (to be rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Pedir dinero (to ask for money);
Pedir dinero prestado (to ask for a loan- money/ cash);
Prestar dinero (to lend money);
Quemar dinero (to burn money);
Recaudar dinero (to collect money);
Reembolsar el dinero (to refund the money);
Retirar dinero (to withdraw/ to get cash- from account);
Retirar dinero del cajero (to withdraw cash from the cash machine/ ATM);
Robarle el dinero a alguien (to rob someone's money/ cash);
Sacarle el dinero a alguien (to get/ take money out of someone);
Tener problemas de dinero (to have money problems/ to be in financial difficulties);
Tirar el dinero (to throw money away);
Transferir dinero (to transfer money/ funds);
Una cantidad de dinero (an amount of money);

*NB The Spanish expression used to lament the loss of something of some material value.

**NB Often referred to as “calderilla”

Some examples of the use of the word "dinero" are:

Me han robado la moto, ¡adiós dinero! (I had my motorbike stolen, just my luck!);
Esamos ahorrando dinero para un viaje a México (we are saving towards a trip/ holiday to Mexico);
Andamos algo apurados de dinero (we are in some financial difficulties);
Andamos algo justos de dinero (money is a bit tight for us);
La venta del negocio nos aporta el dinero que necesitábamos para pagar la deuda (the sale of the business brings in the money we needed to cancel our debt);
Al hacer el cierre de caja vimos que faltaba dinero (on cashing up we discovered that money was missing);
El blanqueo de dinero es una actividad delictiva, ¿no? (money laundering is a criminal activity, isn't it?);
Buscábamos un banco para cambiar dinero (we were looking for a bank to exchange money);
Captar dinero para proyectos empresariales es difícil debido a la crisis económica (because of the financial crash, it is difficult to raise money for business projects);
Deberíamos contar el dinero, ¿no? (we should count the money, shouldn't we?);
La devolucion del dinero está garantizada ¿no? (the refund/ money back is guaranteed, isn't it?);
Garantizan que te devuelven el dinero, ¿no? (they guarantee you'll get your money back, don't they);
Los pagos se hacen en dinero al contado (payments in cash- no terms);
Los pagos se hacen en dinero contante (payments in cash- no terms);
Los pagos se hacen en dinero contante y sonante (payments in cash- no terms);
Menos mal que aceptan dinero de plástico para hacer estos pagos (thank goodness they accept card payments);
Los pagos se hacen en dinero en efectivo (payments must be made in cash);
Los negocios ilícitos generan dinero negro (illegal business transactions generate black money);
No tengo dinero suelto para la máquina de café (I have no loose change for the coffee machine);
Estamos mal de dinero (we are in a bit of financial difficulties);
Pedro está podrido de dinero (Pedro is rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Pedro está podrido en dinero (Pedro is rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Antonio estruja el dinero (Antonio is a bit of a miser);
En ese negocio se debe hacer mucho dinero (that business must make a lot of money);
Te ingresamos dinero en la cuenta la semana pasada (we made a deposit into your account last week);
El lavado de dinero es una actividad delictiva, ¿no? (money laundering is a criminal activity, isn't it?);
En ese negocio mueve mucho dinero (that business deals with lots of money);
Pedro nada en dinero (Pedro is rolling in the money/ rolling in it);
Le pedí dinero a un amigo (I asked a friend for some money);
Tuve que pedir dinero prestado (I had to ask for a loan);
Mario nos prestó dinero (Mario lent us money);
Lo que hace Pedro es quemar dinero (what Pedro does is to burn money);
Recaudamos dinero para una organización benéfica (we collect money for a charity);
Garantizan que te reembolsan el dinero, ¿no? (they guarantee you'll get your money back, don't they);
Voy al banco a retirar dinero (I am going to the bank to withdraw some money);
Voy a retirar dinero del cajero (I am going to withdraw some money from the cash machine/ ATM);
A Pedro le robaron todo el dinero que llevaba encima (Pedro had all his money stolen);
Tenemos problemas de dinero (we have money problems);
Lo que estás haciendo es tirar el dinero (what you are doing is throwing money away);
Te transferimos el dinero en la cuenta la semana pasada (we transferred the money into your account last week);
Por esa cantidad de dinero no vale la pena molestarse (that amount of money is not worth the bother);

Love-Spanish.com loves the word "dinero" in the YouTube clip: PoderosoCaballero es Don Dinero - Francisco de Quevedo

For more on the word "dinero", visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Dinero*

*NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “dinero” in the link to hear the word pronounced.

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