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Meaning of padulas | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
paduˈlas

Definitions

  1. grease payment
  2. Equivalent to 'grease payment': A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a...

Equivalents

العربية بخشيش
English grease payment
Español coima
Suomi voiteluraha
Nederlands smeergeld
Polski łapówka
Português propina

Examples

“Nenet: Sino ba ang madalas magbigay ng padulas, parating at pabagsak? Heto na si Sikito. may sunong na regalo. Iyan na ang regalo mo, at akin ang Anteriean lover boy. Boling: (Pahadlang.) Walang pumipigil sa iyong maloka ka sa Kano.”
“1992, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Unang tagpo: kalipunan ng mga dulang rehyunal sa pambansang pistang pandulaa, Not Avail ... sila madadala ng padulas gaya ng sardinas at tabako. They have learned their lessons, Dad.”

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CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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