apoquinar

v.

1 to fork out (informal). (peninsular Spanish)

2 to ante up, to chip in.

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apoquinar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to cough up, fork out

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= cough up + money, shell out, dish out, cough up + cash.

Ex. They are not going to cough up additional money to pay for these rate increases.

Ex. And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.

Ex. Seattle police had to dish out $8000 after wrongful arrest of a photographer.

Ex. Most donors won't respond to queries about why they coughed up cash; others say their companies have given out of civic pride.

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* apoquinar dinero = shell out + money, fork over + money.

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= cough up + money, shell out, dish out, cough up + cash.

Ex: They are not going to cough up additional money to pay for these rate increases.

Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.

Ex: Seattle police had to dish out $8000 after wrongful arrest of a photographer.

Ex: Most donors won't respond to queries about why they coughed up cash; others say their companies have given out of civic pride.

* apoquinar dinero = shell out + money, fork over + money.

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apoquinar [A1 ]

vi

(Esp fam): aquí todo el mundo tiene que apoquinar everybody has to chip in here (colloq)

a ver si consigues que apoquine see if you can get him to part with the money o to cough up (colloq)

■ apoquinar

vt

(Esp fam) ‹dinero› to cough up (colloq)

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apoquinar Esp Fam

♦ vt

to fork out, to cough up

♦ vi

to cough up

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apoquinar

v/t & v/i fam

cough up fam