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
When I came here four years ago," says William O. Kelleher, president of Sears, Roebuck in Brazil, "we were selling a 7-cu.-ft. refrigerator for 49,000 cruzeiros.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lucas Lopes trimmed nearly $75 million from the current budget and even managed to take a symbolic batch of 7,204,800 cruzeiros out of circulation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Companies were allowed to trade impounded cruzados for negotiable cruzeiros by using them to pay taxes and debts.
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
