No. 769 in Portuguese
lucas
A slang term in Brazilian Portuguese meaning "money" or "bucks."
In a sentence
Lucas é meu amigo de infância.
Lucas is my childhood friend.
The word 'Lucas' here is used as a proper noun, representing a person's name.
Ele comprou um carro novo por cinquenta mil lucas.
He bought a new car for fifty thousand bucks.
In this context, 'lucas' is a colloquial term used in Brazilian Portuguese to mean 'bucks' or units of currency in an informal way.
As ilustrações deste livro são de autoria de Lucas.
The illustrations of this book are authored by Lucas.
Again, 'Lucas' is a proper noun referring to the name of a person, serving as the subject of the action in this sentence.
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