Do Latinos use dollars to pay? Let's find that in this new episode or speaking Spanish four beginners, ol go moteva. Welcome to a new episodio Mayo Marco, your Latinos Spanish teacher. If you're planning to visit Latin America, is important to know how we pay in our countries. So today you learn the names of Latin American currencies en espanel. Are you ready for this, yes, mamos. Let's take a little trip around Latin America and discover some of the currencies
Latinos used in their daily transactions. Feel free to repeat after me as I pronounced the name of the currencies. We'll start with el paso. Why l peso because many Latin American can tests use this name for the currency. The currency name is usually the word peso p A s oh peso plus the nationality. For example, in Mexico, lahente usa el peso Mexicano the Mexican peso. You consider the word paso combined with the nationality El peso Mexicano.
Let's look at other countries that use peso. In Argentina El peso Argentino and Chile El peso Tileno uruay el peso uruayo. In Colombia El peso Colombiano, in Cuba, el peso Cubano, and Republic Dominicana el peso Dominicano. So seven Latin American countries use the word paso for their currency. El peso is a masculine nun and that's why it's use with the nationality in the masculine form El Pesentino, el pesoleno, el pesado and so on. Here is a
fun fact about el peso. It also means weight in Spanish wait that weight no no no peso means weight as in how heavy something is. Historically, the value of things was based on the weight of metals, and although that system is no longer in use the name stark l peso. Now let's look at some currencies that don't use peso and Costa Rica lost Ticos use el colon costa recence. In Peru, el soul in what mala lente paa con el k sal and in Venezuela they use
l believer. And finally, let's talk about three interesting countries Ecuador, Panama, and El Salvador. These countries use a dollar Americano. A you heard that right. The American dollar, a dollar Americano, your currency. In Ecuador is the official currency. In El Salvador the dollar is widely used, but the official currency is actually bitcoin. And in Panama the dollar is used alongside el balbour. So if you visit any of these countries, you won't need to worry about el cambio. The divisas
currency exchange. El cambio the divisas easy psy And before a wrap up, here is an important heads up. It's common to find prices in the thousands when dealing with large enumer Rican currencies. For example, two dollars equal one thousand, eight hundred paes of tillenos, one thousand, nine hundred and forty pesos argentinos or eight thousand, seven hundred pesos Columbianos. When I go to the supermarket, it's normal for the
recipt to say over ten thousand and above. It looks like a huge amount, but that's only about es dollar is. So don't panic when you see those big numbers. In Latin America, just get some practice. A good Spanish tudor can't help you with that, and that means some egos. That's all for today, guys. Just put a sculchar speaking Spanish four beginners. If you enjoy this podcast, please recommend it to a Spanish beginner friend or give it a
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