alquiler

/alkiˈleɾ/ · B1 · noun · m

rent

🏠💶 Sounds like all-killer: the rent kills all your pay

From Arabic al-kira, meaning the hire or the rent; the al- is the Arabic word for the, kept in many Spanish words like almohada. Related verb: alquilar, to rent. It is masculine: el alquiler.

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