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
The unnerving gyrations of inflated pesos and cruzeiros also do not trouble them much, since they have been through the same thing in Southeast Asia.
From Time Magazine Archive
By vastly underestimating expenses and conjuring up imaginary income, Kubitschek's budget wizards produced a fictitious surplus, estimated at 520 million cruzeiros.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five years ago Brazil's President Juscelino Kubitschek unlocked Brazil's treasure chest, hauled out fistfuls of cruzeiros and headed west, into the empty interior.
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 Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)
