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Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil by smackfu on Thursday October 17, 2013 @01:25PM (#6566765)
Yep: https://www.google.com/search?q=3999+brazilian+reals+in+usd

(Google Translate should REALLY not translate "reals" to "dollars" though.)

This is not unusual at all though: http://thenextweb.com/la/2012/09/30/from-brazil-cost-brazil-...

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Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil by tiagobraw on Thursday October 17, 2013 @01:35PM (#6566846)
Just a little correction, the plural of Real is Reais, and not 'reals'.
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Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil by jhhn on Thursday October 17, 2013 @02:43PM (#6567325)
It's because 'Real' means royal, and not real (truth). Isn't it?
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Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil by hisham_hm on Thursday October 17, 2013 @03:52PM (#6567699)
The world "Real" in portuguese means both royal, real (truth) and the currencry, and "reais" is the plural for all three.

The currency name derives from "royal" and it's a very old name back from the Monarchy days. _However_, during the Monarchy the plural for the old real-the-currency was "réis". Nowadays the plural for the modern real-the-currency (in use since 1994) is reais, like the other standard uses of "real" of the language.

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