cruzeiro

See also: Cruzeiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cruzeiro (literally “Southern Cross”).

Noun

cruzeiro (plural cruzeiros)

1. The currency of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993.

Translations

Brazilian currency

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克魯賽羅 / 克鲁赛罗 (zh) (kèlǔsàiluó)

• Esperanto: kruzejro
• French: cruzeiro (fr) m
• German: Cruzeiro
• Hungarian: cruzeiro (hu)
• Japanese: クルゼイロ (kuruzeiro)
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: cruzeiro m
  • Nynorsk: cruzeiro m
• Polish: cruzeiro
• Portuguese: cruzeiro (pt) m
• Russian: крузе́йро (ru) n (kruzɛ́jro)
• Spanish: cruzeiro m
• Vietnamese: cruzeiro (vi)

See also

• cruzeiro novo
• cruzeiro real
• cruzado
• cruzado novo

French

Noun

cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)

1. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

See also

• cruzeiro on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

cruzeiro m (definite singular cruzeiroen, indefinite plural cruzeiros or cruzeiro, definite plural cruzeiroene)

1. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

See also

• cruzeiro on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cruzeiro m (definite singular cruzeiroen, indefinite plural cruzeiros or cruzeiro, definite plural cruzeiroane)

1. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

Portuguese

Several calvaries in Galicia, Spain (sense 1)

Cathedral floor plan (crossing is shaded) (sense 2)

A cruise ship (sense 4)

A cruiser (sense 5)

Etymology

From cruz +‎ -eiro. Compare Galician cruceiro, Spanish crucero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈze(j).ɾu/ [kɾuˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈze(j).ɾu/ [kɾuˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈze(j).ɾo/ [kɾuˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈzɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈzɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈze.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu
• Hyphenation: cru‧zei‧ro

Noun

cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)

2. calvary (a type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine)
4. (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)
6. cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure)
8. 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)
10. (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

12. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

Derived terms

• cruzeiro novo
• cruzeiro real

Related terms

• cruz
• cruzeta
• cruzado
• cruzado novo

Further reading

• “cruzeiro”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “cruzeiro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cruzeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cruzeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cruzeiro.

Noun

cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiro)

1. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

Declension

Declension of cruzeiro

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cruzeiro	cruzeiroul		cruzeiro	cruzeiroi
genitive-dative	cruzeiro	cruzeiroului		cruzeiro	cruzeirolor
vocative	cruzeiroule			cruzeirolor

See also

• cruzeiro on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro

Spanish

Noun

cruzeiro m (plural cruzeiros)

1. cruzeiro (obsolete Brazilian currency)

See also

• cruzeiro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es