cruzado

American  

[kroo-zey-doh, kroo-zah-doo] / kruˈzeɪ doʊ, kruˈzɑ dʊ /

noun

plural

cruzadoes, cruzados

1. crusado.

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cruzado British  

/ kruˈzɑːdu, kruːˈzeɪdəʊ /

noun

1. a former standard monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro

2. another name for crusado

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Etymology

Origin of cruzado

C16: literally marked with a cross, from cruzar to bear a cross; see _crusade

Example Sentences

The cruzado novo was replaced by the cruzeiro, Brazil's fourth currency in four years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beginning last February, he braked an inflation rate that had been nearing 250% by freezing prices and introducing a new currency called the cruzado.

From Time Magazine Archive

And to cement his reform, Collor replaced Brazil's latest currency, the new cruzado, with the cruzeiro, at a rate of 1 to 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

If one, by cheating and roguery, gains a cruzado in the presence of another, the latter instantly says, “I cry halves,” and if the first refuse he is instantly threatened with an information. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Also a coin equal to two Spanish reals or twenty Portuguese reis, or ten of which made a cruzado.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte