soldi
- noun
- /ˈsoʊldi/
- Informal
:
dinero
- He offered me a few soldi for my help with the project.
Examples
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I'm disappointed myself: my idea that the boys might earn a couple of soldi apiece by playing Virgil to the great author as he visits a painted version of hell and advances within hailing distance of paradise has come to nothing.
Fiction book (1998) -
After saving for months, I finally had enough soldi to buy that new smartphone.
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With just a little bit of soldi, we could treat ourselves to a nice meal.
Synonyms
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8.6
An informal word for money that people use
5
9.9
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
3
9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
1
9.9
An informal name for money someone has to spend
1
8.6
Small amounts of money
1
9.9
An informal word for money
Paper money and coins that you can spend
How Much Money
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soldi is also the everyday Italian word for 'money' or 'cash'; a helpful way to remember this is to think of soldier, because soldiers were once paid with the old solidus coin, and that paid-coin name became the word for money.