luca
/ˈluka/ · B1 · noun · f
uruguayan peso
💵 luca sounds like lucre, an old English word for money
Lucre means money or profit, as in filthy lucre. A luca is slang for a 1,000-peso note in Argentina and Chile, or for one sol in Peru. Lucre is money, and a luca is money too. The word is feminine: una luca, dos lucas.