reais

Money in Brazil

Reais is the plural of real, the currency of Brazil.

One hundred centavos make one real; larger amounts are counted in reais: The meal cost forty reais.

The word follows Portuguese pluralization, where words ending in -al become -ais.

currency

centavo

Peso's hundredth subdivision

circulation · legal tender · exchange rate · forex · monetary · devaluation · appreciation · inflation · purchasing power · cruzeiro

spending

payment

Fulfilling a financial obligation

savings · deposit · withdrawal · budgeting · prices · costs · affordability · earnings · funds · installments

economy

GDP

National output abbreviation

taxation · unemployment · growth · recession · interest rates · trade balance · budget · economic development · monetary policy · commodities

Brazilian

carnival

Traveling amusement attraction

Amazon · favela · Christ the Redeemer · capoeira · bossa nova · Pelé · caipirinha · Ipanema · Copacabana · Brasília

Opposites
currency alternatives

reaisdollars

US monetary units

pesos · euros · yen · pounds · yuan

real vs. fictional/virtual value

reaiscryptocurrency

Encrypted decentralized money

play money · Monopoly money · counterfeit currency · fake money

Phrases
Family

real, realize, really, reality, realm, realized, realizing, realizes, unrealized

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