Today’s Spanish word of the day is “dinero”.
It’s a masculine noun meaning “money”.
The word “dinero” comes from the Latin denarius, which was type of Roman coin used from roughly 200 BC to 240 AD. The word “dinar”, used for the currency of several countries including Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Tunisia also comes from this Latin root.
Example sentences
¿Tienes dinero para el taxi?
Do you have money for the taxi?
Antes de que se inventara el dinero, la gente utilizaba el trueque.
Before money was invented, people used barter.
El dinero no da la felicidad… pero prefiero llorar en un Ferrari.
Money can’t buy happiness… but I’d rather cry in a Ferrari.
Ella ahorra dinero cada mes.
She saves money every month.
Si tuviera dinero, viajaría por el mundo.
If I had money, I’d travel the world.
