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cruzeiro

cruzeiro

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An old form of money once used in Brazil
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • The Democraticos princess's dress cost 100,000 cruzeiros (U.S. $400) just for the glass stones and sequins.
  • million cruzeiros

Examples

  • The difference between the black-market price and the official exchange—millions of cruzeiros—vanished.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Local banks and rubber investors immediately put up 4 million cruzeiros to finance two SPI teams to pacify the Wari and, once they were pacified, to establish commercial latex production with the Indians as workers.

    Academic text (1997)

  • You offered me a million cruzeiros for one.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • We exchanged our dollars for cruzeiros to pay for our meal in Brazil.

  • A beer at the bar cost 3000 cruzeiros, which surprised us.

  • When we visited Brazil, we learned that many people still remembered the cruzeiro before the real was introduced.

Surface Forms

cruzeiro singular
cruzeiros plural

Etymology

Cruzeiro was the name given to Brazilian money because it was named after the constellation Cruzeiro do Sul, the 'Southern Cross', a strong symbol of Brazil. That's why old banknotes and coins were called cruzeiro.