real
adjective
true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent.
reales
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pluralof real.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
She even prevented his going to the barber's for fear he should spend the two reales, and so the barber came on Saturdays to shave him.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
The Payment of Tribute.—The tribute was introduced in 1570.10 It was supposed to be eight reales or a peso of silver for each family.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
