Example Sentences

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But the case of Mr. Solà was different: Ms. Marí recalled her family was paid nearly double the normal amount for care, 300 pesetas per month, a large sum to them at the time.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

The cult classic was shot at weekends, on 16mm, with a budget of 500,000 pesetas.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2019

There is no way Spain can break this vicious circle by itself, unless it actually leaves the euro zone and prints new pesetas with abandon.

From Economist • Nov. 8, 2012

Owing euros to depositors, and getting devalued drachmas, or lira, or escudos or pesetas from borrowers is one way to make capital vanish.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2011

But because he got thirty thousand pesetas and people had stayed in line all night to buy tickets to see him, the crowd demanded that he should be more than very good.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway