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paisas

paisas is the plural of paisa.

Meaning of paisa

Noun (1)

paisa (plural paisas or paise)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
  2. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
  3. A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
  4. (historical) A subdivision of various former currencies of India.

Noun (2)

paisa (plural paisas)

  1. (slang) A person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino.
    • ... prison, talked about his relationship with drug traffickers in Mexico some twenty-five years before. His street gang had a relationship with a paisa wholesaler. An understanding of respect existed between Rubén's gang and its paisa supplier[…] Wrangler, a White man who associated with the Aryan...2022 August 15, Rajeev V. Gundur, Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 168
  2. (slang) A Latino who is not a gangster nor gang-affiliated.
    • [The story] came to me in various versions from marero and paisa inmates who had been incarcerated in the early 2000s. “El Spyder. I knew him. He was sureño,” said Carlos, an[…]2018 November 6, Anthony W. Fontes, Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala City, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 86

Phrases with paisas

Questions about paisas

What is paisas the plural of?
Paisas is the plural of paisa.

Words near paisas in the dictionary

  1. paisana
  2. paisanas
  3. paisano
  4. paisanos
  5. paisans
  6. paisas
  7. paise
  8. paiseek
  9. paiseh
  10. paises
  11. Paish

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