cruzeiro
noun
a monetary unit of Brazil equal to 100 centavos.
cruzeiros
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pluralof cruzeiro.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A 12-year-old boy who accurately computed the price of four coconuts at 35 cruzeiros each was later given the problem on paper.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2014
Companies were allowed to trade impounded cruzados for negotiable cruzeiros by using them to pay taxes and debts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asked how much he paid for his costume, one dancer replies: "Ten million cruzeiros."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Prices still rise practically every day," says one Rio householder, noting that salt went from 90 to 128 cruzeiros a kilo in August alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hundreds of thousands of cruzeiros changed hands nightly under, and surrounded by those flags.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay
