quetzales

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You just tell them that the prices are in Guatemalan quetzales and how much it is in something more well known.

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A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.

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noun

A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.

noun

Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially a resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno), which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for quetzales.

noun

A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.

noun

Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially a resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno), which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.

Example sentences

You just tell them that the prices are in Guatemalan quetzales and how much it is in something more well known.

How do you think my mother is going to react when I talk to her about Guatemalan quetzales?

You sell your quetzales and lempiras (or iffy stocks and bonds) when the market starts to tremble to get back to relatively reliable dollars.

I do not have any idea how your mother would react, however I am sure that prices in Guatemalan quetzales can be presented in an article for general readership outside Guatemala without worrying too much about how the audience might react and without describing the written price as mumbo-jumbo, or otherwise confusing.

Having been the hiker myself on some similar Guatemalan roads previously, I discovered that it's customary to ask the driver how much you owed them for the trip at the end and then pay them (depending on the length of the trip) maybe 5 or 10 quetzales -- I think at the time that was about $1.00 - $1.20 USD or so.

From this ones, the Quetzal exchange rate is perhaps the only one that could affect El Salvador the most as fruits and vegetables are sometimes priced/paid by importers in Guatemalan Quetzales.

Proper noun examples

From this ones, the Quetzal exchange rate is perhaps the only one that could affect El Salvador the most as fruits and vegetables are sometimes priced/paid by importers in Guatemalan Quetzales.