Money, cash.
Shared with Argentina. "No tengo guita" is I am broke. Informal but unremarkable.
From Caló, via the lunfardo slang of the RÃo de la Plata.
Colombia says plata, Mexico says lana or varo, Spain says pasta, Puerto Rico says chavos.
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