Etymology

cruzeiro

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Today it means: The currency of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993. Full definition →

Portuguese cruzeiro
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromcruzeiro
  2. English todaycruzeiro

From Portuguese cruzeiro (literally “Southern Cross”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.