Example sentences for: peso

How can you use “peso” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Argentine law now requires that one peso be worth exactly one U.S. dollar, and that every peso in circulation be backed by a dollar in reserves.)

  • Inflation has been eliminated, with the peso securely pegged to the dollar.

  • Despite creating a pocket of wealth for the region, Mexico itself suffered a number of crises in the 1980s and 1990s, including a drastic devaluation of the peso in 1995 following months of economic chaos.

  • A scenic way of reaching Vila Real is as a passenger on the narrow-gauge train from Peso da Régua (see page 68) in the Douro Valley.

  • The concept continues through the Spanish word for `weight': peso (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay); its diminutive: peseta (Spain), and the same word in Portuguese: peso (Guinea-Bissau).


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