pastizal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pastiˈθal/ [pas.t̪iˈθal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pastiˈsal/ [pas.t̪iˈsal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pas‧ti‧zal
Etymology 1
From pasto (“grass”).
Etymology 2
From pasta (“money (colloquial)”). By analogy with dineral, because pasta is a colloquial synonym for dinero.
Noun
pastizal m (plural pastizales)
- (colloquial, Spain) mint, bundle, (UK) packet, an arm and a leg (large amount of money)
- 2021 August 29, “La defensa de Josep Pedrerol a Mbappé en 'El Chiringuito': "Hay pocos jugadores que hayan hecho tanto como él para jugar en el Real Madrid"”, in LaSexta:
- "Ha dicho a todos que solo quiere ir al Real Madrid. Ha dicho 'no' a una renovación por un pastizal", sigue Pedrerol.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “pastizal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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