feixe de cartos

Galician

Etymology

Can be translated as "bundle of money" (literally a "bundle of quarters").

Noun

feixe de cartos m (plural feixes de cartos)

1. bundle (of money)
2. (figurative) small fortune

   Synonym: feixiño de cartos

   • 2002, Rosa Aneiros, Corazóns amolecidos en salitre:

     non o vendín, non, aínda que me daban por el un bo feixe de cartos

     I didn't sell it, I didn't, even if they wanted to pay for it a small fortune

Related terms

• feixe
• cartos

References

• “feixe de cartos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.