فلوس — "money" in Egyptian Arabic

فلوس

filuus

money

Franco / chat
felos
Topic
work and money
Seen in
6 of our stories

فلوس in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

إحنا كنا مبسوطين أوي وعدينا الفلوس مع بعض في الأوضة.

ehna kona mabsoteen awy wa adenna el felous maa baad fe el oda.

We were very happy and counted the money together in the room.

from The Joy of Eid with the Family

البياع وافق وانا دفعت الفلوس

el bayaa wafeq wa ana dafaat el feloos

The seller agreed and I paid the money.

from Buying Clothes from the Market

هو دور في جيوبه، بس ملقاش فلوس كتير.

Howa dawwar fee giyoobo, bas malaqash fuloos kiteer.

He searched in his pockets, but he did not find much money.

from Omar the Mechanic's Breakfast

المشكلة ان معنديش فلوس كتير

el moshkela en maandish felous keteer

The problem is I don't have a lot of money

from The Weekend Trip

دفعت فلوس وقولت شكرا للبياع

Dafa't felous w olt shokran lel baya'.

I paid money and said thank you to the seller.

from A Trip to the Market

معايا فلوس كتير عشان اشتري

Ma'aya felous keteer ashan ashtary.

I have a lot of money to buy.

from A Shopping Day

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