Guarani (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Meaning 2
The language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
The basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The price of the meal in the restaurant was 50,000 guarani, a bit higher than she was expecting.
- Paraguay uses the guarani as its official currency, which is subdivided into 100 centimos.
- He had to exchange his US dollars for guarani at the airport before he could pay for the taxi ride.
- The souvenir shop only accepted guarani or major credit cards, so we had to use the ATMs to withdraw some cash first.
- After a few days of traveling in Paraguay, she was getting used to thinking in guarani and not misquoting her expenses in US dollars anymore.