Spanish term
Argentina
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peculio
El evento de Francia fue uno de los más determinantes en la historia de los Congresos Penitenciarios Internacionales: en el plano de las discusiones, se sintetizó un consenso concreto en la implementación del sistema celular y la necesidad de adoptar medidas con respecto al tratamiento de reclusos. La alimentación y el peculio consiguieron una repercusión más alta entre los representantes.
Prisoner's diet and property??
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Argentina
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peculium
https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=DYAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA256&l...
Some prisoners manufactured alcohol, la bibine, made from corn and rice and ... Half of the peculium was money available for a relégué, that is to say the prison
https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=udfaCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA232&l...
The rights of women in Argentinian prisons, where gender inequality, ... if they are foreign they face irregularities such as peculium payment ...
https://globalvoices.org/2014/12/15/behind-prison-walls-viol...
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neilmac
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Thanks, Neil!
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philgoddard
: Your references are useful, but this is a term from Roman law, and I don't believe it's appropriate here.
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Hi Phil! Since this is from the late 19th century and "peculio" would also sound rather outdated if used in Spanish today, I still believe it fits within this context. Saludos/Regards!
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Marcelo González
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Thanks, Marcelo!
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AllegroTrans
: Given the historical context I think this word must be used
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United States
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own money/money in their pocket/modest savings
I think it could also refer to something like a "personal account".
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
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salary/payment
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Canada
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personal property
"1. m. Dinero y bienes propios de una persona."
In the US, this concept would be referred to as a prison commissary account (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_commissary for more information), but I assume your text deals with an Argentinean context. In this case, I would translate your term more generally as personal property (which includes both money and goods).
The relevant sentence of your translation would thus go as follows:
"The issues of food and personal property caused a stronger reaction among the representatives."
United Kingdom
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Rioplatense, Latin American, Argentine)
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own funds
Por ejemplo: Lo pagué de mi propio peculio.
Nicaragua
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private resources/private wealth
One´s own money; private resources, peculium
According to the Oxford dictionary:
private wealth
Reference comments
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Seems to be an account in which relatives deposit money for the prisoner to use.
Discussion
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wherewithal