paysa
paysa is the archaic form of paisa.
Meaning of paisa
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
paisa (plural paisas)
- 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
- 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
Forms of paysa
| plural | paysas |
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Questions about paysa
- What is paysa the archaic form of?
- Paysa is the archaic form of paisa.
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