reis
Americanplural noun
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real
singular
Etymology
Origin of reis
1545–55; < Portuguese, plural of real real 2
Example Sentences
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Native reis of the boat has a brown woollen capote over his blue cotton gown, the hood drawn over his turban.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
The Spanish plural is reales; the Portuguese, reis or rees.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
The pocket-book was then examined and found to contain eighty thousand reis, Brazilian money—forty dollars.
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
The management of our boat was given over to the reis of the cataract.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
Wherever there was danger, there was the reis ready to ward it off.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
Lu added that they would eventually be draped in real greenery, not the plastic version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
This was going to be a real experience.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Argentina’s inflation rate is high, real wages are stagnant, and unemployment is rising.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Unpaid work like childcare and household management has real economic value.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I flattened it out as best I could, pushing it down, tugging the sweater around my waist, but there was no real concealing it beneath the thin cotton dress.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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