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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pastiˈθal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pastiˈsal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pas‧ti‧zal
Etymology 1
From pasto (“grass”).
Noun
pastizal m (plural pastizales)
- grassland, pasture (land covered with grass)
- Synonym: prado
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Etymology 2
From pasta (“money (colloquial)”). By analogy with dineral, because pasta is a colloquial synonym for dinero.
Noun
pastizal m (plural pastizales)
- (colloquial, Spain) mint, bundle, (UK) packet, an arm and a leg (large amount of money)
- Synonyms: dineral, (Spain) morterada, fortuna
2019 April 23, “El pastizal que le va a costar a Adele su divorcio”, in Mundo Deportivo: 2021 August 29, “La defensa de Josep Pedrerol a Mbappé en 'El Chiringuito': "Hay pocos jugadores que hayan hecho tanto como él para jugar en el Real Madrid"”, in LaSexta:"Ha dicho a todos que solo quiere ir al Real Madrid. Ha dicho 'no' a una renovación por un pastizal", sigue Pedrerol.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2021 January 4, Eva Callejo, “Sale a la luz el pastizal que costó el vestido de Cristina Pedroche en las Campanadas”, in El Televisero: 2021 August 24, Mayte Alcocer, “El pastizal que se “ahorra” Jesulín al no pagar los estudios de su hija Andrea”, in Egos - La Razón:
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