cruzeiro
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See also: Cruzeiro
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese cruzeiro (literally “Southern Cross”).
Noun
[edit]cruzeiro (plural cruzeiros)
- The monetary unit of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993.
Translations
[edit]currency
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)
See also
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (definite singular cruzeiroen, indefinite plural cruzeiros or cruzeiro, definite plural cruzeiroene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (definite singular cruzeiroen, indefinite plural cruzeiros or cruzeiro, definite plural cruzeiroane)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cruz + -eiro. Compare Galician cruceiro, Spanish crucero.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: cru‧zei‧ro
Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)
- calvary (a type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine)
- (architecture) crossing (the volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it)
- cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure)
- cruise ship, cruiser (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience)
- (archaic) cruiser (a class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship)
- Synonym: cruzador
- cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cruzeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “cruzeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “cruzeiro” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “cruzeiro” in Dicionário Online de Português.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese cruzeiro.
Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiro)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cruzeiro
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cruzeiro | cruzeiroul | (niște) cruzeiro | cruzeiroi |
genitive/dative | (unui) cruzeiro | cruzeiroului | (unor) cruzeiro | cruzeirolor |
vocative | cruzeiroule | cruzeirolor |
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)
- cruzeiro (currency)
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- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Historical currencies
- en:Brazil
- French lemmas
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- French masculine nouns
- fr:Currencies
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
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- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Currencies
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with Z
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Currencies
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- pt:Architecture
- Portuguese terms with archaic senses
- pt:Christianity
- pt:Nautical
- pt:Watercraft
- pt:Currency
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- Romanian terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- es:Currencies