Today's
WOTD is: "moneda" = coin
In
Spanish, “moneda”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
coin,
as in:
- Una moneda de dos euros (a two-Euro coin)
- Treinta monedas de plata (thirty pieces of silver)
The diminutive form
“monedita” (little coin) is commonly used.
The noun “moneda”
also often used to refer to currency , as in:
- La moneda oficial de México es el peso (the official currency of Mexico is the Peso)
The
describing word/ adjective “monetario”/
“monetaria”
means monetary,
as in:
- El Fondo Monetario Internacional -FMI (the International Monetary Fund -IMF);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “moneda”
are:
- Cambio de moneda (currency exchange)
- Casa de la moneda (mint)
- Dos caras de la misma moneda (two sides of the same token/ coin)
- Echar una moneda al aire (to toss a coin/ to flip a coin)
- Introducir una moneda (to insert a coin)
- La Fábrica Nacional de la Moneda y Timbre (the National Mint)
- La otra cara de la moneda (the flip side/ the downside)
- Lanzar una moneda al aire (to toss a coin/ to flip a coin)
- Moneda corriente (common currency)
- Moneda de cambio (exchange currency/ bargaining chip)
- Moneda de curso legal (legal tender)
- La libra esterlina es la moneda de curso legal en el Reino Unido (the Pound Sterling is legal tender in the UK)
- Moneda de libre circulación (freely circulating currency)
- Moneda de pago (payment currency)
- Moneda de reserva (reserve currency)
- Moneda devaluada (devalued currency)
- Moneda dura (hard currency)
- Moneda extranjera (foreign currency)
- Moneda falsa (counterfeit currency/ counterfeit money)
- Moneda fuerte (hard currency)
- Moneda nacional (national currency)
- Moneda única (single currency)
- Pagar en la misma moneda (to pay in kind/ to pay back -retaliate)
- Tirar una moneda al aire (to toss a coin/ to flip a coin)
- Voltear una moneda (to toss a coin/ to flip a coin)
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