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Yapear
Literal meaning: "To Yape (mobile payment app)"
To pay via mobile app (Peru)
yah-peh-AR
What does it mean?
"Yapear" comes from Yape, Peru's dominant mobile payment app — and it has become an everyday verb, the way "venmo it to me" works in English. "Te yapeo" means "I'll send it to you via Yape". A great example of how fast Peruvian Spanish absorbs new technology into daily speech.
How to use it
Extremely common in everyday transactions — splitting a bill, paying a small vendor, sending a friend money. Casual but universal across ages now.
Example sentences
I'll send it to you now.
Ya te yapeo.
Can I pay you through Yape?
¿Te puedo yapear?
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