quetzales
- plural of quetzal.
Example Sentences
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The guests appear to be well-heeled and can afford the 450 quetzales — about $55 — for the eight-course tasting menu, which varies depending on the season and what producers have available.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
After she factors in the cost and labor of producing the beans, she makes only about 2 quetzales — about 25 cents — in profit per pound.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
The main witness in the case was a former banker, Ronald Giovanni García Navarijo, who told prosecutors that Mr. Zamora asked him to launder 300,000 Guatemalan quetzales, or nearly $40,000.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
At the Honduran border crossing of Corinto, where money-changers wave large wads of Guatemalan quetzales at deportees getting off yellow U.S. school buses, bored-looking police officers inspect the papers of those heading into Guatemala.
From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2014
Hiding the 100,000 quetzales in his home, he too took refuge.
From Time Magazine Archive
