cruzado
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8.3
- proper noun
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Cruzado
- During the festival, many people recognized the name Cruzado from their ancestry.
- Cruzado et al.
- Cruzado et al.
- Cruzado et al. 2005
Examples
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Maria Cruzado won the award for her outstanding contributions to the community.
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Cruzado, you are correct about Portugal, but only up to a point.
Blog text (10) -
So he proposed that the new bills of the Cruzado should have that phrase.
Blog text (26) -
Before anything, we must know that the Cruzado plan, as many others before and after it, was not successful and that a few months after the incident, Brazil was back to its economic nightmare.
Blog text (14) -
Brazil was also facing a huge inflation of 30% per month, and his economic team tried to finish it with the Plano Cruzado.
Blog text (26) -
As a consequence, the Cruzado Plan created serious price distortions while failing to address credibly the orthodox components of inflation, particularly the massive debt and deficit.
Academic text (1998) -
For example, the Cruzado Plan of 1986 involved a forced loan (to be repaid after eighteen months) from all new car buyers, which constituted a tax on the middle class (in Brazil, a crucial member of the player here called Labor).
Academic text (1996) -
The Cruzado family has a long history in Portuguese culture.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The family name Cruzado comes from cruz ('cross') and likely began as a name for people who lived near a cross or had a link to one, which is why many Spanish and Portuguese families have this surname.