reis

American  

[reys, reys] / reɪs, reɪs /

plural noun

• real
  singular

1. a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.

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Etymology

Origin of reis

1545–55; < Portuguese, plural of real real ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

reis real

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

That little luncheon cost me just two thousand reis.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

Formerly there was a small quantity brought to market, and sold for 14,000 reis the quintal.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

See! here is thy annual pension; and, by a decree of the divan, thou shalt every year receive an equal sum through the reis Mozaffer.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

The chief carpenter, Johan Cordeiro, had 60 reis a day, and so had Gonçalo Gomes, the head painter.

From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson

Education Secretary Lucy Powell said she was "deeply shocked and saddened" and urged people to "remember there are real people with loved ones involved".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The option of real neutrality dissolved with the failure of the Maginot Line, France’s string of defensive installations along its border with Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Nick’s sense of urgency is real, but it did not arise in a vacuum,” lawyers for the former manager of the trust wrote Thursday in a lengthy response to Reiner’s demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The real reason is that the world is learning to live without using as much oil as it used to.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

The skin closed over it, but for eleven years, Phineas had a real hole in his head.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman