Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2010
The term real corresponds to the plural of the word real, but in any case, the plural has a use repeated in colloquial conversations to refer to money or wealth, that is, as a synonym for these words uses; meanwhile, by real, various questions can be referred to.
One of its most recurrent uses says that real is everything that enjoys a true and effective existence; the new survey that has been carried out on the epicenter of earthquake will give us a ideal actual damage incurred.
Another use of the term, also very recurrent and widespread, is to refer to everything that belonging to or relating to a King or royalty, for example, the protocol and institutional aspects of the monarchy, the family real, the royal house, the royal seal, among other issues directly related or own.
On the other hand, throughout history, many, many legal tender coins in different nations have used the denomination of real. In the present, the Brazilian real, which is the official currency of Brazil
, being his symbol R $, in 1994 and after successive monetary changes, it was implemented as a single currency, displacing the Cruzeiro.Also, Between the years 1500 and 1911, the real was the denomination of legal tender in Portugal, which replaced the previous one called dinheiro.
And the old currency of Spain, did not escape the popular denomination of Real.. More precisely known as Real Spanish, a silver coin of around 3.35 grams, which began to circulate in the Kingdom of Castile back in the fourteenth century and that would be the basis of the kingdom's monetary system until the middle of the century XIX. Produced in huge quantities during the three centuries that preceded its disappearance, the Real Español was also widely used in the Spanish colonies such as Lima, Potosí.
Furthermore, the term both in its singular and plural intervenes in some very popular sayings such as being for four reales or not one real, which are generally used when you want to account for how little money a certain thing, person or situation is worth.
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