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Comment by mmanfrin | Hacker News Reader

  Reminds me of that line from the show Narcos that translates 
  to, "Silver, or lead."

In case someone misses this meaning, silver or lead refers to either accepting a bribe (silver, money) or taking a bullet (lead).

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And the original (pre-translation) version is, I believe, "plata o plomo".

thanks. i was assuming it was referring to which material for the bullet you were inevitably going to take.

Silver bullets are only needed for shooting werewolves. :)

I always wondered about the stake through the heart for vampires. Like, "why specify 'for vampire'? Fairly certainly that kills anything."

In French, the word for money is the same as the word for silver (argent). Is it the same in Spanish by any chance?

Depends on the country. The regular word is "dinero". In Spain it's not common to use "plata" (silver) for money, but in Argentina it's what everyone uses. In Mexico they use "lana" (wool).

What about Colombia?

No idea...

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In modern Chinese and Japanese, the first Chinese character for the word "bank"（银行）means "silver".

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