flous cash فلوس كاش
Moroccan Darija · expression
“flous cash” (فلوس كاش) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning cash, ready money.
Meanings
- cash, ready money
Usage
Flous cash, also pronounced flous kach, means cash money, as opposed to payment by card, cheque or credit. It is often heard in shops and transactions: khlles flous cash ("pay in cash"), bghit lflous cash. Cash on its own is also used adverbially to mean "upfront": chrit tomobil cash. It is a well-integrated loanword in informal speech. In a more neutral register, you can say flous f lyed. The construction resembles the informal English "pay cash", which makes it easy to use.
Example
ماكنقبلوش لاكارط، غير فلوس كاش
makan9blouch la carte, ghir flous cash
“We don't accept cards, only cash.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “flous cash” but also “flous kach”, “flouss cash” and “flos cash”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.