Playful plata: Keeping your change straight in Peru
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The first time a cobrador (bus conductor) asked me for a "china," I recoiled a bit, not yet used to people referring to me by my race. Later, I found out that a "china" is a slang word for 50 centimos, and a "luca" is not another word for "loca," but for one Nuevo Sol (the Peruvian currency). My Chinese friend and I like to jokingly call each other "the other half of my luca," since two chinas equal one sol. It's also useful to know that when someone says, "No tengo plata," they don't mean that they're lacking silver. "Plata" is a commonly used term for money.
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