Meaning & use

dinero

noun·Everyday

Money, used informally in English as a borrowing from Spanish.

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He joked that he needed more dinero before he could afford the trip.

Winning the contest came with a nice bit of dinero as the prize.

A note on using this word

Dinero is casual and playful in English; it is not used in formal writing outside of Spanish-language contexts.

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