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#28 - 💵 Here Comes The Money! Latin American Currencies · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Speaker 1: Do Latinos use dollars to pay? Let's find that in
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  Speaker 1: this new episode or speaking Spanish four beginners, ol go moteva.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to a new episodio Mayo Marco, your Latinos Spanish teacher.
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  Speaker 1: If you're planning to visit Latin America, is important to
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  Speaker 1: know how we pay in our countries. So today you
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  Speaker 1: learn the names of Latin American currencies en espanel. Are
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  Speaker 1: you ready for this, yes, mamos. Let's take a little
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  Speaker 1: trip around Latin America and discover some of the currencies
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  Speaker 1: Latinos used in their daily transactions. Feel free to repeat
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  Speaker 1: after me as I pronounced the name of the currencies.
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  Speaker 1: We'll start with el paso. Why l peso because many
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  Speaker 1: Latin American can tests use this name for the currency.
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  Speaker 1: The currency name is usually the word peso p A
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  Speaker 1: s oh peso plus the nationality. For example, in Mexico,
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  Speaker 1: lahente usa el peso Mexicano the Mexican peso. You consider
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  Speaker 1: the word paso combined with the nationality El peso Mexicano.
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  Speaker 1: Let's look at other countries that use peso. In Argentina
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  Speaker 1: El peso Argentino and Chile El peso Tileno uruay el
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  Speaker 1: peso uruayo. In Colombia El peso Colombiano, in Cuba, el
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  Speaker 1: peso Cubano, and Republic Dominicana el peso Dominicano. So seven
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  Speaker 1: Latin American countries use the word paso for their currency.
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  Speaker 1: El peso is a masculine nun and that's why it's
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  Speaker 1: use with the nationality in the masculine form El Pesentino,
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  Speaker 1: el pesoleno, el pesado and so on. Here is a
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  Speaker 1: fun fact about el peso. It also means weight in
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  Speaker 1: Spanish wait that weight no no no peso means weight
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  Speaker 1: as in how heavy something is. Historically, the value of
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  Speaker 1: things was based on the weight of metals, and although
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  Speaker 1: that system is no longer in use the name stark
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  Speaker 1: l peso. Now let's look at some currencies that don't
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  Speaker 1: use peso and Costa Rica lost Ticos use el colon
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  Speaker 1: costa recence. In Peru, el soul in what mala lente
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  Speaker 1: paa con el k sal and in Venezuela they use
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  Speaker 1: l believer. And finally, let's talk about three interesting countries Ecuador, Panama,
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  Speaker 1: and El Salvador. These countries use a dollar Americano. A
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  Speaker 1: you heard that right. The American dollar, a dollar Americano,
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  Speaker 1: your currency. In Ecuador is the official currency. In El
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  Speaker 1: Salvador the dollar is widely used, but the official currency
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  Speaker 1: is actually bitcoin. And in Panama the dollar is used
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  Speaker 1: alongside el balbour. So if you visit any of these countries,
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  Speaker 1: you won't need to worry about el cambio. The divisas
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  Speaker 1: currency exchange. El cambio the divisas easy psy And before
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  Speaker 1: a wrap up, here is an important heads up. It's
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  Speaker 1: common to find prices in the thousands when dealing with
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  Speaker 1: large enumer Rican currencies. For example, two dollars equal one thousand,
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  Speaker 1: eight hundred paes of tillenos, one thousand, nine hundred and
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  Speaker 1: forty pesos argentinos or eight thousand, seven hundred pesos Columbianos.
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  Speaker 1: When I go to the supermarket, it's normal for the
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  Speaker 1: recipt to say over ten thousand and above. It looks
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  Speaker 1: like a huge amount, but that's only about es dollar is.
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  Speaker 1: So don't panic when you see those big numbers. In
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  Speaker 1: Latin America, just get some practice. A good Spanish tudor
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  Speaker 1: can't help you with that, and that means some egos.
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