Definition of cruzeiro in English:
cruzeiro
nounPlural cruzeiros kruːˈzɛːrəʊkrəˈzerō
The basic monetary unit of Brazil from 1990 to 1993, equal to 100 centavos.
Example sentencesExamples
- The counterfeit cruzeiro substitutes a photo-derived image of a Brazilian Indian on one side, and on the reverse an image understood to represent a psychiatric patient, symbolic of the marginalized and oppressed.
- With the Cedula Project, cruzeiro banknotes and American dollars were rubber-stamped with messages and returned to circulation.
- To add further to the experience, two local cowboys on horseback, clearly in search of a few cruzeiros themselves, offered their horses to us for rides around the square.
- But I did have a few leftover cruzeiro notes from the previous trip, for I was living, socializing, and eating with the Army and in the U.S. expediter's quarters.
Origin
Portuguese, literally 'large cross'.