pesos

Example Sentences

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The Mexican government this week lowered taxes on gasoline after renewing an agreement with retailers to keep the price of regular gasoline under 24 pesos a liter, which is equivalent to about $5.10 a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She served in that position for two years, and the alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds is linked to that time.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

On Tuesday, the price jumped again by around 16 percent, with prices up to 134.30 pesos per litre at some pumps, the highest in the country's history.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“I could never buy one of those on my salary of 4,000 pesos a month,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Why that old thing was certainly not worth ten brand new pesos.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez